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Question 1. What glimpses do we get from Homer's Iliad of the respective roles of men in society? How do those differ from the roles of women in Greek society? What values would these poems have taught young children?

Question 2. According to Plato's Socrates in The Apology of Socrates, what accusations have been levied against him, and why? In refuting these accusations, what does Socrates reveal about his fundamental intellectual belief and methods? Why do you think many of Socrates' contemporaries found his views so threatening?

Question 3. What does Caesar's description, in The Gallic War, reveal about the technology of war at the time? How did Caesar use this technology to his advantage? What does Caesar's portrait of Vercingetorix suggest about Roman attitudes toward non-Romans? Although Caesar wrote The Gallic War to describe his own deeds, he uses "he" (the third person) instead of "I" (the first person) in telling his story. Why do you think he made this choice? Does his use of the third person give you more confidence, or less, in the truth of his account? In writing this account, how do you think Caesar intended to shape his public image and why?

Question 4. According to Tacitus, why do the Germans fight with their families close by? What does this reveal about Germanic society? What does the excerpt tell us about German and Roman society? How does Rome view the "other"? What are the most important features of Germanic society and what aspects does Tacitus admire and why?