Discuss the nature of the gods in the iliad

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Please do one of the following:

Question 1. Compare Greece in the Middle Helladic (Bronze) Age (c. 2000-1600) with Late Helladic (Bronze) Age Greece.

Question 2. Discuss the end of the Greek Bronze Age. Which explanation or explanations do you favor? (See Schofield, ch. 10.)

Question 3. Discuss the different types of secular, religious, or funerary architecture in the Bronze Age.

Question 4. What can we learn about life in the Mycenaean Age from the wall frescoes?

Question 5. Compare Mycenaean Greece with Dark Age Greece in terms of architecture, population, civilization, & economics.

Question 6. Describe the changes in the Dark Age from the 1100s down to the 700s.

Question 7. Discuss the nature of the gods in the Iliad.

Question 8. Who is the real hero of the Iliad: Achilles or Hector?

Question 9. Discuss the relationship of gods and humans in the Iliad and/or Odyssey.

Question 10. A topic of your own choosing or a reformulation of a topic above.

Your essay is due Thursday. week 5; it must be typed and single-spaced. It must not be any longer than one page (minimum 400 words). Please do not add a title page or bibliography. Put your name in the upper right-hand corner and in the upper left-hand corner the title of your essay. You will be graded on a scale of ten points: seven points for content, and I will take off up to three points for misspelled words, typos, improper English usage, and other grammar mistakes. Please have someone proof your paper before you hand it in. Points lost on your essay will usually be due to not following directions or some error/s noted below.

Organizing Criteria (to be exhibited in your essay):
You must have a thesis sentence at the beginning of the essay.

Think of the three, four, or five paragraph essay format, with an introductory thesis paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a brief concluding paragraph. (Remember: In an essay you are arguing a point, trying to prove a point, or elucidating a point. Your thesis statement states what the point is.)

Make sure your sentences make sense. Clumsy phrases and incorrectly used words will cost you points.
Keep to the same verb tense.

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