History 107 Lecture 13

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History 107Lecture 13

• Ancient Greece The Giants Cave and Writing
  Essays

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Homers Odyssey

• Book 9 In the One-Eyed Giants Cave
• A story told by Odysseus at the court of King
  Alcinous of the Phaeacians
• Odysseus recalls his visit to the Island of the
  Cyclops
• The giant (Polyphemus) thinks the men are pirates
• The men are imprisoned and escape through tricks

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Homers Odyssey

• Could this story also be about the Greek
  hospitality code?
• How has Odysseus been wronged in this story?
  Are his actions in retaliation justified?
• Has the giant been wronged?
• What does it mean to be a tragic hero in Greek
  story telling?

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Preparing your upcoming essay

• Compare and contrast Book 8 and Book 9
• Recall your essay prompt
• Beyond the obviously entertaining aspects of
  these epic tales, what do they tell us about the
  hospitality code that apparently prevailed in the
  ancient Greek world? What are the unwritten
  rules of this code, who does it apply to, and
  what actions are apparently justified if either a
  guest or a host does not fulfill their basic
  obligations? Be sure to use both Books 8 and 9
  in your answer, using specific passages as
  evidence for your case.

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Locate the evidence for your essay

• For a 5-6 page paper, you should find 8-12
  important statements, quotes, or insights that
  you want to build your paper around
• After you read the two chapters carefully, circle
  the important quotes in the text, being careful
  to locate the best sources for your paper topic
• Organize your list of 8-12 items by topic
• Begin your paper by string these items together,
  writing introductions and transitional sentences
  between each item
• Finally, add a ½ page introduction and conclusion
• Read through your work many times to get the
  transitions right, and to get footnotes in the
  proper format

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Footnotes

• All quotations and summaries related to your
  sources must be footnoted. A sample citation is
• Homer, The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fagles (Viking
  Press New York, 1996), pp. 212-13.
• After your first footnote, use Ibid. (short for
  ibidem) meaning in the same place to identify
  additional footnotes from the same book or
  article
• Ibid. if the same page in the book is used
• or
• Ibid., p. 25. if a different page was used
• or
• Ibid., pp. 26-27. when more than one page is
  cited

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Footnotes

• Block quotations of three lines or more should
  be indented in text one tab stop (0.5) for each
  margin and single spaced, without indenting the
  first line and without using quotation marks.
• To footnote selections from Perspectives from the
  Past, the Brophy collection of primary sources,
  you would use the following punctuation and
  formatting for your first footnote
• James M. Brophy et al, eds., Perspectives from
  the Past Primary Sources in Western
  Civilizations, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (W. W. Norton New
  York, 2002), p. 47.

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Footnotes

• After you list a book fully once, you must
  abbreviate it in future entries. A few examples
• Brophy, Perspectives from the Past, p. 189.
• Homer, The Odyssey, pp. 212-13.
• Ibid., p. 219.

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Examples in Microsoft Word

• Footnotes
• Formatting
• Margins
• Header/Footer