F15-CLA227 Take-Home Exam 3

Directions:

electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file should be:
- F15-227-E3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F15-227-E3-Leuci, Victor)
paper copy: bring to class or drop off in the box outside my office prior to the start of the in-class exam
In-text Citations
- you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of stories, etc.)
- every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
- for Thucydides, give the number in brackets, e.g. "No movement ever stirred Hellas more deeply than this" (Thuc. 1.1) or (1.1) if you've already mentioned Thucydides
- for Herodotus' Histories, use the numbers provided in the brackets (see pdf for an exammple)
- for Sophocles and Aristophanes, use the page numbers and abbreviate authors names and the titles of the plays,
Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- for Herodotus and Thucydides the pdfs give what the Works Cited entries should look like
- for Aristophanes and Sophocles, use what I've provided on the syllabus
Length:

Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on both topics given below:

Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below:

Topic 1:
- Source Material: Sophocles' Antigone, Aristophanes' Lysistrata, selections from Herodotus' History and Thucydides' History in Moodle
- Prompt:You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past (but without affecting the time continuum, i.e. you can't change the past or communicate with individuals), but it has some restrictions. You must submit your request in writing to the portal and demonstrate that you have good cause to visit (or it may refuse your request). Based solely on the readings above, determine and demonstrate which 3 of the following you would want to go back as and ranked in your order of preference — 1. Antigone or Creon, 2. Lysistrata, 3. the "typical" Athenian as described by Pericles in his funeral oration (Thucydides 2.34-46), 4. Croesus, Gyges, or Candaules' wife from Herodotus — with a focus on their ability to achieve fame (kleos) and avoid shame (aidos). In the main body of your essay, indicate why you rank them in the order you do (i.e. evidence for why your second choice has less fame and/or more shame than your first choice, evidence for why your third choice has less fame and/or more shame than your second choice). Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting facts [option 2: use all 4].

Topic 2:
- Source Material: Sophocles' Antigone, Aristophanes' Lysistrata, selections from Herodotus' History and Thucydides' History in Moodle, class notes for the City Dionysia
- Prompt: You work for Westminster College 100 years in the future when time travel is a reality (but it can't change the past). Two professors want to take a group of students to fifth century B.C.E. Athens for a three week "summer" course (i.e. summer in the future, not necessarily in the past). You work for the publications department and are entrusted with providing a brief write-up of what the trip would entail. Your write up need to both focus on the positive but also be honest about the challenges of visiting that time period. The professors want you to include something on three of the following topics [option 2: use more than 3]:
  1. field trip to Sardis for the events when Candaules was assassinated or Thermopylae during the fighting (Herodotus)
  2. the City Dionysia as a festival
  3. Athenian comedy performance of the Lysistrata
  4. Athenian tragedy performance of the Antigone
  5. attending the funeral at which Pericles gave his famous speech or being in Athens during the plague (Thucydides)