Humanities 110 Paper Topic #2

Due Date: Saturday, October 9, 1999, 5 p.m. in the Faculty mailboxes in Eliot.
Length: 1500 words.

1. On page 125- 6 of The Origins of Greek Thought J.-P. Vernant defines the new social space of the polis; to what extent is this definition supported by textual evidence from Hesiod's Works and Days?

2.	Many bad men are wealthy, and many good men are poor;
	but we shall not exchange with them
	our goodness for their wealth, because the one is sure forever,
	while money belongs to different men at different times.
	Solon # 8 (Miller, p. 72).
	In what ways is Solon's evaluation of the relationship between wealth and morality supported by Herodotus' descriptions of wealth in Greek and barbarian cultures?

3. Describe the way in Gombrich's theory of schema and naturalization would apply to both of the following lyrics: Anacreon, number. 14 (Miller, p. 103); Sappho number. 18 (Miller, p. 61).