Death of Socrates Hannibal and the 2nd Punic War Thermopylae and the 300 Rape and Suicide of Lucretia Battle of Marathon Horatius CoclesHoratio at the Bridge Battle of Salamis Eruption of Vesuvius Death of Alexander the Great Lost Legions of Varus Pericles Funeral Oration Persecution of Christians under Nero Battle of the Milvian Bridge/Constantines Conversion Revolt of Spartacus Caesar and Cleopatra Roman Gladiatorial Games
PART I: Find the earliest primary source that relates the history of your event and analyze it according to the following questions
How historically accurate is the source? How can we tell?
When was the source written? How close is it to the event itself?
Is the author an eyewitness?
What biases are present in the text? How does the author interpret the event? Is it pro-Greek or pro-Roman? Neither? What is the evidence?
Why is this event important for understanding who the Greeks or Romans were?
Has the event already been mythologized by the time the primary author writes about it? How can we tell?
PART II: Find one or more interpretations of your eventthis could be a written version, painting, sculpture, play, film, television show, video game, songand analyze it according to the following questions
How does this version compare to the primary source? What is different? What has been added or left out? Why?
Howif at alldoes this version mythologize the event?
What is the message of this version? How does it reflect the culture that produced it? Is the moral still the same as the primary source?
How has this version changed the way that the Greeks or Romans are popularly portrayed or understood today? Is this change for the better or worse?
Would you say that this version is historically accurate? Why or why not?
[For example you might: 1) analyze the version of the Spartans and the battle of Thermopylae from Herodotus Histories and compare that to 2) the depiction of the same in the film 300]
FORMAT
Primary and secondary sources properly cited on separate bibliography page at end of paper
Consult at least two secondary, scholarly sources and cite them in accordance with an accepted, academic style (e.g. APA, MLA)no loose, web sources!
Each page must be numbered (except title page)
Appendix with image or images (if applicable)
Title page, appendices, and bibliography do not count toward required page length
RESOURCES FOR SECONDARY SOURCES
https://www.jstor.org (Academic Humanities Database)
https://www.artstor.org (Academic Art History Database)
