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please write a paper based on my proposal and grading guidelines. File is attached. Please read the attached document before bidding. Takim Myhre good start resubmit with 2 MLA (author, p;. ) references inside the paragraphs.
Professor Horowitz
HIST 121: Antiquity to 1700
February 25th, 2022

Paper Proposal: The Ideal and Reality of Classical Athens

Since its conception, Athens has come to be a symbolic idealization of what democracy, drama, art, history, and science means to current time nations. And for this reason, many nations of today imitate and copy much of what ?golden age? Athens has produced. Furthermore, artists, thinkers, and writers from the renaissance period have taken inspiration from the classical ideals of the Athenian time and hope for its return. Scientifically, the Athenians were the first to base their explanations of the universe and its origins, not on myth or religion, but on the works of the Greeks as well as their observations. Plato on the other hand, believed the acquisition of true knowledge came from the contemplation of the ideal world and not solely from the observations of the present world. This is important as although the ideal may be impossible to achieve it gives one a vision to work towards.

When it comes to governance, Plato believed that a perfectly trained group of rulers would lead to an ideal government. However, Aristotle and other writers and thinkers, believed that an ideal government stemmed from an ideal household in which was a microcosm of society. All this being said, the reality of Athenian governance and daily life was far from an idyllic society in which all are happy and free.

Works Cited: I took italics from authors in lst ref. Add author Thucydides to second.

Wiesner, M. E., Evans, A. D., Wheeler, W. B., & Ruff, J. R. (2015). Discovering the western past: A look at the evidence. Cengage Learning.

History of the Peloponnesian War, translated by Richard Crawley (New York: Modern Library, 1951), pp. 103-106, 109.

Grading Guidelines:

Paper:

6-8 page paper in Word.doc, paginated, including M.L.A. parenthetical notes. List word count at end of last paragraph of paper. Works Cited divided into the Primary and Secondary Sources utilized. Format: Times Roman, 12 point, 1 inch margins, paginated in Word.doc or .docx.

The criteria for evaluating the paper are as follows:

? Provides thesis and logical structure of paper

? Considers alternate historical interpretations, the secondary sources (with M.L.A parenthetical notes to scholars or students in the class)

? Argues for thesis via detailed analysis of primary sources and differences between them

? Writes in proper sentences and paragraphs (each with one topical sentence)

? Provides parenthetical notes for quotations and summaries, leading reader to author and page.

? Works cited divided into Primary Sources and Secondary Sources M.L.A. Style (See Turabian from First Year Seminar)

? As in Oxy?s first year writing proficiency portfolio, this paper assignment is thesis-driven, utilizes features of conventional expository essays, and demonstrates integration of evidence from academically credible scholarly sources.

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