Should the Parthenon Sculptures stay at the British Museum or should they be returned to Athens? Why?

Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing question and need guidance to help me learn.

the first and last one should be around 200 and the second one has the directions for word count.

Discussion #2: Wonder Woman Historia

3 Assignments

The comic book Wonder Woman Historia, Part 1 (2021) is filled with imagery and references to the Ancient Greek world.

Step 1: Read this article

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which discusses several Greek goddesses and how their portrayal demonstrated attitudes toward women in Ancient Greece.

Step 2: Read the comic book Wonder Woman Historia.

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Step 3: Write a discussion post answering the question: How does Wonder Woman Historia respond to or challenge the traditional stories of Ancient Greek goddesses? Give at least one specific example from the story. (20 points)

Assignment #20: Ancient Greek Ideals

This assignment examines the ideas of morality presented in excerpts from the Greek poems, The Odyssey and The llliad.

Part A of the assignment is structured like a matching game. Read excerpts from the Greek poem, The Odyssey attributed to the author Homer around the end of the 8th c. BCE. The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths), and his journey home to his kingdom of Ithaca after fighting in the Trojan War. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the Trojan War, during which he has many adventures involving mythical beings. Among these, Odysseus and his men encounter a witch named Circe, Sirens who entrap sailors with their beautiful song, and a one-eyed cyclops named Polyphemus. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of suitors who compete for Penelope’s hand in marriage.

The Odyssey was a very popular subject for Greek painters who would illustrate scenes from the story on dishes, jugs, and cups (generally known as “vases”) used for holding food and drink. The translations were taken from a searchable database called Perseus

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, published by Tufts University.

Step 1: Read five excerpts from the Odyssey

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Step 2: Look at five Greek vases with illustrations from the Odyssey

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Step 3: Match the Passages 1-5 to the correct images, which are out of order. Your answers can be simple, writing the number of the passage to its corresponding image, i.e. “Passage 1 = Image B.”

Step 4: Provide a 2-3 sentence justification for each image choice. For example, what did you see represented in the image that matched the words of the text? (2 points per vase) ——————————————————————————————————————— ——-

Part B of the assignment requires you to analyze a short excerpt.

Step 1: Read the following lines of poetry from The Illiad, written by Homer in the 8th c. BCE, (Book 2, lines 246-56). Translated by Robert Fagles, 1990.

“But one man, Thersites, still railed on nonstop.

His head was full of obscenities, teeming with rant,

all for no good reason, insubordinate, baiting the king—

anything to provoke some laughter from the troops.

Here was the ugliest man who ever came to Troy.

Bandy-legged he was, with one foot clubbed,

both shoulders humped together, curving over

his caved-in chest, and bobbing above them

his skull warped to a point,

sprouting clumps of scraggly, woolly hair.

Achilles despised him most, Odysseus too—”

Step 2: Answer the following question (Answer should be 3 to 4 sentences)

1) What does this passage tell us about ancient Greek notions of the relationship between physical appearance and moral character? Use the description of Thersites’ appearance and moral character as evidence for your answer.

Discussion #3: Cultural Heritage

This is a class discussion where peers will be able to see your answer. Watch the video on The Parthenon Sculptures.

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Then answer the following questions as a discussion post:

Should the Parthenon Sculptures stay at the British Museum or should they be returned to Athens? Why? (15 points)

After you have posted, please respond to one other student in class (5 points)