Themes for Essay #2

Prepare your essay from the following list of themes. Alternatives are permitted only if cleared with the instructor ahead of their preparation and submission.

While your textbook is a good initial source for preparing your essay, it alone is insufficient fully to address these topics. The number of additional reference resources you need will differ from topic to topic, but a typical number of additional sources will range from 3 to 5, whether digital or hardcopy. More is fine, but fewer may mean you will miss incorporating a key point in your essay. Be succinct, but be complete.

Do remember to place the following sentences as a separate paragraph at the top of the first page of your essay. An essay submitted without this paragraph will not be marked, and resubmission will be subject to the late penalty:

"I hereby attest that this essay is entirely my own original work, excepting only that the work of others is properly noted and cited where incorporated into my own work. Thus, it is fair and honest for me to ask this work to be evaluated and marked by the instructor for a grade in this Humanities I course."

1. Cite examples of, and explain the religious and scientific meanings related to, key architectures (such as temples, palaces, shrines) of the Aegean and ancient, classical and hellenistic Greek cultures that were constructed according to precise mathematical designs.



2. Cite examples of, and explain the religious and social meanings related to, key representations (whether pictorial or sculpted) that portray the role of women in the Aegean and ancient, classical and hellenistic Greek cultures.



3. Cite examples of, and explain the religious and social meanings related to, key representations (whether pictorial or sculpted) that portray the role of men in the Aegean and ancient, classical and hellenistic Greek cultures.



4. Cite and compare examples of, and explain the religious and social meanings related to, funeral practices in the Aegean and ancient, classical and hellenistic Greek cultures with funeral practices in contemporary North American culture.



5. Compare the similarities and differences between "history" as presented by Homer in The Iliad, and "history" as presented by Thucydides in The History of the Peloponnesian War. While making that comparison, be sure to explain the roles their histories played in the societies for which they were produced.



6. Cite examples of, and explain the religious and social meanings related to, theatre plays of tragic drama in classical Greek culture.



7. Cite examples of, and explain the religious and social meanings related to, theatre plays of comedy in classical Greek culture.



8. Using Pythagoras as an anchor figure, explain the relationship between the development and understanding of music and mathematics to religious and social relationships in the Greek polis.

The University, and I, take the standards and expectations relating to academic honesty quite seriously. You are expected to prepare an original essay comprising your own words and ideas generated from our readings and discussions and your further research, using others' work (whether the textbook or notes from other hardcopy or digital sources) only where appropriate and with full disclosure/citation. Lack of proper disclosure and citation of other's work constitutes plagiarism, which is academic dishonesty. A first offense renders the student subject to dismissal from this class with an F; a second offense any time during your academic career here at CBU may result in dismissal from the University. If you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism in particular, or academic dishonesty in general, you are welcome to raise questions with me or any of your instructors, and encouraged to refer to the 2002-03 Student Handbook (see pages 76-77) for University policy details.