Fri Sep 15:

 

Hesiod Works and Days

 

I’d like you to consider all of the following questions in writing your paper:

·        Begin by briefly describing the source.  Don’t take more than a paragraph to do this.

·        What are the features of humans at each stage of history?  In particular, what distinguishes each group from the one that preceded it?

·        What moral judgments are reflected in Hesiod’s story of devolution? Use this question as an opportunity to tie your material together. 

 

 

Homer Iliad, Book I

 

Consider either of the following questions:

1.      What is the basis for the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles?  While it may seem to you that they are acting like children, look carefully at the way the two express their positions in their own terms. 

2.      Reflect on the position of the women involved in this incident.  Look carefully at all the evidence—that is, all the points in the text where men describe what the women mean to them.  What does this incident reveal about the vulnerabilities of women in wartime?