Humanities 110

Paper Topic #1

Due Date: Saturday, September 15, 2001, 5 p.m. in the Faculty mailboxes in Eliot.

Length: 1500 words.

In using the story of Meleagros to persuade Achilleus to return to Battle (Bk. 9.529-599), Phoinix appeals to certain values. To what extent is Achilleus's response to the Embassy and his decision to return to battle (in Book 18) in accord with these values?