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One of the few truisms about the ancient Greek gods is that their conception and depiction varied across the
ancient Greek world. Zeus could be vindictive or aloof, Apollo could heal or bring plague, and Dionysus could
instill merriment or frenzied panic. In the previous reading response, one of the main characters you were
introduced to was Zeus. In this reading response, focused on Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, we’ll focus on
Zeus once again, but this time with a very different character. For the first part of this response, I would like you
to analyze the character of Zeus from Prometheus Bound. What’s he like? How does he act? Then I would like
you to compare and contrast the depiction of Zeus in this reading to the depiction of Zeus in Hesiod’s
Theogony, which you read for the last module. Remember there are no right or wrong answers here as long as
you support your argument with strong reasoning and evidence from the text.
Response Prompt. One of the few truisms about the ancient Greek gods is that their conception and depiction
varied across the ancient Greek world. Zeus could be vindictive or aloof, Apollo could heal or bring plague, and
Dionysus could instill merriment or frenzied panic. In the previous reading response, one of the main
characters you were introduced to was Zeus. In this reading response, focused on Aeschylus’ Prometheus
Bound, we’ll focus on Zeus once again, but this time with a very different character. For the first part of this
response, I would like you to analyze the character of Zeus from Prometheus Bound. What’s he like? How
does he act? Then I would like you to compare and contrast the depiction of Zeus in this reading to the
depiction of Zeus in Hesiod’s Theogony, which you read for the last module. Remember there are no right or
wrong answers here as long as you support your argument with strong reasoning and evidence from the text.
You are expected to use the ancient source as evidence for your argument. In order to receive full credit, you
need to cite the ancient source at least three times using in-text, parenthetical citations. You also need to
provide a full bibliographic reference for the ancient source at the end of your response. Cited references to the
text can either be direct quotes or paraphrases from the text. Make sure to choose your evidence thoughtfully,
as you’ll be graded as much on the effectiveness of your source use as on the mere presence of sources. For
in-text parenthetical citations go with this format (Ancient Author, Text Title, Line # if available otherwise Page

). For the end-of-response full bibliographic entry, you can check out the MLA style here (look for where it

discusses ancient texts, and omit any information we don’t have available).

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