Requirements:  Follow these instructions carefully.  Papers not conforming to these instructions will be returned to their authors ungraded.

Papers are to be four to six pages in length, typed, double-spaced with one-inch margins.  Use a normal font (Times, Geneva, New York. etc.) and font size (12 point).  Do not include extra spaces between paragraphs.  Do not requote the question at the beginning of your paper.

Page numbers are required on each page.  Do not include a title page.  Name, class time and student ID are to be included on the last page of your paper.

Footnotes or endnotes are the required form of citation.  Authors are encouraged to be brief in their use of quotes from the text and liberal in their citations.  If you feel that you must quote a longer passage to properly explicate a point you must indent and single-space the citation if it is longer than two lines.

Foreign words which are not commonly used in English must be italicized in academic work; thus ‘polis’, not ‘polis’.  Typically, you need only define the word briefly the first time you use it, and usually the use of a parenthetical one or two word definition is sufficient.

These papers are not research essays, they are thought pieces.  No additional texts or articles are recommended.  Avoid especially “Cliff Notes” and other unreliable sources. Papers are to include a thesis and are to make an argument supporting that thesis.  Students are strongly encouraged to visit the Tutoring Center with a rough draft of their paper before turning it in.  You can make an appointment in advance with them by calling x3580.  Be sure also to proofread your paper, and spell-check it.

Late papers will be penalized unless you have discussed the matter with me prior to the due-date and have my approval to turn the paper in late.

Questions:

(1)  What is the connection between power (dunamis) and necessity (ananke) in Thucydides' history?  Discuss this in the context of the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues.

(2)  What is Thucydides' view of human nature?  In your well-supported opinion, is his view accurate?

(3)  Consider the speeches of Diotodus and Kleon debating the fate of Mitylene before the Athenian assembly.  Are either of these speakers sophists? [You could also answer this question by analyzing the speeches of Nikias and Alcibiades prior to the Sicilian Expedition].

(4)  Socrates claims that his philosophizing in Athens is intensely ‘political’.  Assess the accuracy of this claim.  Also address the question of Socrates’ philosophical/political efficacy.