{"id":19288,"date":"2024-04-04T00:36:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/iliad-paper-from-the-iliad-of-homer-must-employ-and-be-based-on-the-translation-by-richmond-lattimore-any-edition\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:36:09","slug":"iliad-paper-from-the-iliad-of-homer-must-employ-and-be-based-on-the-translation-by-richmond-lattimore-any-edition","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/iliad-paper-from-the-iliad-of-homer-must-employ-and-be-based-on-the-translation-by-richmond-lattimore-any-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Iliad Paper &#8211; from The Iliad of Homer, must employ and be based on the translation by Richmond Lattimore (any edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">** Select passages from the&nbsp;Iliad&nbsp;that you not only quote but also explain to answer questions&nbsp; for&nbsp; each&nbsp; Topic #1, #2 or #3.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Iliad paper is not a summary nor a report.&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>No other reference is needed but your thoughtful use of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lattimore\u2019s translation of Homer\u2019s Iliad.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will disqualify your paper if you use any other translation&nbsp; or&nbsp; online resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Your paper is constructed from your choice of passages quoted (Iliad Book, verse # ;&nbsp; not page number) and explained in your own words<\/strong><\/span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example,&nbsp; Iliad 3,2&nbsp; refers to Iliad of Home translated by Richmond Lattimore, Book III, passage 2.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each quoted passage is explained by you to reveal:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">cause and effect,<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">interaction of characters,<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">evidence to answer questions per&nbsp; topic #1, #2 or #3<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">reveal who uses, abuses, contests&nbsp; or creates&nbsp; harmful situations&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Maximum 6 pages per paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">***** Be sure to give credit to Iliad of Homer translated by Richmond Lattimore (year and publisher&nbsp; or as pdf U Chicago.&nbsp; *****<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your choice of &nbsp;&nbsp; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2, or &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3 as topics&nbsp; \/ themes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;or a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">mixture&nbsp; if you consult with me first&nbsp; &nbsp;(see also Other Possibilities below).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">#1.&nbsp; From Iliad Books 1-10&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please&nbsp; s<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">elect a god or goddess and explain his\/her interaction with a specific human or two humans.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What do you learn of the specific personality of each (god\/dess and human (1-2)?<\/strong><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What actions serve the god\/dess and are intended to harm which human(s)?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Does the god\/dess contradict&nbsp; or act inconsistently?<\/strong><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your evidence and support are<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>specific passages quoted from Homer\u2019s Iliad.&nbsp; &nbsp;(Book\u2026, passage\u2026&nbsp; such as Book 8, passage 8, lines 4-6&nbsp; or Iliad VIII,8,4-6&nbsp; see small numbers per passage in Lattimore\u2019s translation);<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1rem; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">explain each quoted passage and define the personality, actions, and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">inconsistencies<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/u>of this god of goddess.&nbsp; Would you trust that god\/dess?&nbsp; Remember each answer requires&nbsp; evidence, specific passage quoted from Homer&#8217;s Iliad&nbsp; and your discussion to show how it answers these questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">#2.&nbsp; From Iliad Books 8 &#8211; 21&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please select&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">two humans<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and explain their interaction with&nbsp; a&nbsp; crisis&nbsp; &nbsp; or&nbsp; &nbsp; third&nbsp; entity, an opponent, human and\/or divine.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What motivates each human?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Status is based on what abilities, family, social or royal standing?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In the movie Troy, Odysseus claims to have different gifts from the gods &#8211; which is&nbsp; valid to the heroes\/leaders in the Iliad of Homer, and even claimed by Paris&nbsp; in the Iliad (Alexandros, younger son of king Priam of Troy and lover of Helen)&nbsp;<\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Please define different goals&nbsp; and contrast t heir personality.<\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For all of the above,&nbsp; please employ passages quoted from Homer\u2019s Iliad (Book\u2026 and passage\u2026.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">#3.&nbsp; Books 18-24&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select&nbsp; two humans and explain hardship and loss, and&nbsp; role or&nbsp; interference by a specific god\/dess.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">interaction,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">what is the loss per person and impact on whom?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What is the risk or&nbsp; personal cost? or hardship to others?&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Whose emotions&nbsp; resonate, seem genuine to you and why?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;For all of the above,&nbsp; please employ passages quoted from Homer\u2019s Iliad (Book\u2026 and passage\u2026.)&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">OTHER POSSIBILLITIES<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>&#8211; safe to employ questions in topics #1, # 2 , or #3&nbsp; to assist your content as again we do not generalize or summarize<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">but use specific quoted passages that show cause and effect, and reveal goals and contrasting personalities.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Goddess Thetis, Mother of Achilles&nbsp; surely could influence her son&nbsp; or save him&nbsp; but&nbsp; what is revealed in the Iliad ?&nbsp; &nbsp;Contrast her&nbsp; interaction and hopes against that of Hera&nbsp; in Books 8 and 14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Iliad of&nbsp; Homer, Book 18 (XVIII) &nbsp;50-65 translated by Richmond Lattimore (online pdf)&nbsp; &#8211; Thetis&#8217;s actions , influence and&nbsp; sorrows&nbsp; &nbsp;and Book&nbsp; 1 and 19. as the greater instigator!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Power and ultimate authority are contested in the Iliad among the gods and goddesses (employ 2 specific gods\/desses)&nbsp; &#8212; another topic!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Books 1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, and who among the mortals is their &#8216;slave&#8217; or firebrand or in harm&#8217;s way?&nbsp; (Paris, Hektor, Diomedes, Patroklos, Achilles, Helen)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evaluate the foolish hopes&nbsp; and dangerous situations fostered by Menelaos, Patroklos, Achilles, Hektor, Priam,&nbsp; and yet the most vulnerable,&nbsp; Priam realized one of his goals &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Books&nbsp; 3, 16, 23, 24 with what gods?&nbsp; Employ and contrast two specific humans and their merits and demerits causing harm to others or angering specific god(s).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; INSTRUCTIONS ** Select passages from the&nbsp;Iliad&nbsp;that you not only quote but also explain to answer questions&nbsp; for&nbsp; each&nbsp; Topic #1, #2 or #3. The Iliad paper is not a summary nor a report.&nbsp;&nbsp;No other reference is needed but your thoughtful use of&nbsp;Lattimore\u2019s translation of Homer\u2019s Iliad.&nbsp; You will disqualify your paper if you use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[78],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=19288"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=19288"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=19288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}