1. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Pages 41 through 49

2. Emily, Ian, and Maddy

3. Greek Warfare Compared to Rap Lyrics “Hanson has compared Homer’s heroes’ exploits to rap lyrics that “glorify rival gangs who shoot and maim each other for prestige, women, booty, and turf.” (Cahill, 41) Both Homer’s descriptions of war in modern rap lyrics show a similar aggression and goal.

4. Homer’s Epics: How to Fight a War Homer’s Epics describe a warrior wearing strong armor and wielding weapons such as swords, and spears. Some weapons weighed up to seventy pounds. Another big part of war was the chariot but Homer doesn’t describe them thoroughly despite their importance. Wars were not fought from a distance but very close together.

5. Greek Warfare compared to Modern Warfare http://www.onlineathens.com/im ages/032803/iraq_war_topix.jpg http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schoo ls/cd7/website/images/Greek-battle-of- marathon-1.jpg

6. The Progression of Warfare After about three centuries Greek Warfare started to evolve into the type of warfare we see today, they used machinery such as cranes, levers and artillery. The organization of their military also progressed. Greek Warfare was close up combat, today we fight from a distance. The machinery that we have today enables us to fight from a distance instead of an outright battle.