▪ COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS ▪

1. Compare and contrast the gods that are depicted in these sources. Specifically, how are the gods in Plato’s Apologia (Document 5-2) similar to or different from those in Homer’s Iliad (Document 5-1)?
2. What aspects of everyday life are evident in these sources? What aspects are unexamined?
3. Greek civilization is often described as “rational.” In what ways do each of these sources support or challenge that characterization?
4. What light do the sources in this chapter shed on the essential differences between Hellenic and Hellenistic society?