due 3/27

1) Short Paragraph – Personal Reflection: Before reading the selection from Plato write at least one full paragraph on this question: Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Hesiod? Remember that Hesiod was the poet who wrote about the fight between the gods and the titans.
I think that they would ban Hesiod and Homer because both writings incite violence and ideas that would not be good for society, such as betrayal and disobedience to your superior. These ideas may influence people in society and make them do those things.

2) a. What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?Misrepresenting the nature of gods and heroes.

b. What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?1) Gods acts were good and just, and those being punished had benefitted from it.
It is impossible for a god to wish himself to change.

3) Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
I was off. He said to censor things because of what they made the gods look like. I thought they censored because of bad ideas that might spring up in people's mind.