Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file (not the subject header of your e-mail) should be:
  • S17-215-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S17-215-P1-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600-1000ish
• Sources: Use only the sources mentioned in the individual topics below
• In-text Citations
  • you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
  • every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
  • for the topics below, mention in your opening paragraph what works you are using, e.g. Hesiod's Theogony, and then, when you cite specific examples, and the line numbers from the text for Hesiod's Theogony. and the chapter and verse numbers for Genesis. For example, "their own father [Uranus] loathed them from the beginning" (127).
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • to save paper, don't put on a separate page
  • in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • works' cited entries for ancient authors from Maurizio's text book should follow the same format as the following example (for author, work, translator, etc. see xi–xiii): Virgil. The Aeneid. Transl. Frederick Ahl. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford University Press. 2008. In Classical Mythology in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2015 (or 2016 depending on what your copy says).
• writing intensive:
  • Don't forget to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
  • print this out and bring this to your writing lab conference and have the tutor sign here: _______________________

Write on one of the following topics:

• Women: What message does Genesis. 1:1–3:24, pp 90–94 and all five of the dramatic tales in Hesiod's Theogony and catalog of Zeus' wives (see book for line numbers) convey about the nature of women and their relationship to men? In your conclusion note any similarities/differences that you consider important. Make sure you give concrete examples for both texts. [FYI: the last 2 dramatic tales just have brief references to women, but include]


• Men: What is the attitude of Elohim/Yahweh and Zeus towards men. In your conclusion note any similarities/differences that you consider important. Make sure you give concrete examples for both (source material: Genesis. 1:1–3:24, pp 90–94 and four of the dramatic tales (excluding the first one) in Hesiod's Theogony and catalog of Zeus' wives (see book for line numbers) [FYI: the main passage for Hesiod will be the 3rd dramatic tale involving Prometheus; but there are some references in the others].