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In the Iliad, the Power of Zeus, the King of the Gods, Is Limited Because Other Gods Frequently Challenge His Authority
Table of Contents: ArgumentWhat is an argument?        2What question about the thesis does the following outline answer?        3Grounds: a story about taxes        4A DISTINCTION BETWEEN TWO KINDS OF GROUNDS        5Reasons sit on evidence; evidence sits on itself.        5More on Reasons and Evidence        6Another kind of evidence:  quotations from other works        7Argument workshop:  a common evidence problem        8One way out        9ANOTHER PART OF ARGUMENT        10What is a warrant?        11Quick examples:  Articulating warrants        12More quick examples        13The Role of warrant        15Warrant further explained        16Three quick rules of thumb:  warrants and the hostility index        16THE PARTS OF ARGUMENT: A REVIEW        17What is an argument?A student may claim:In the Iliad, the power of Zeus, the king of the gods, is limited because other gods frequently challenge his authority.  The reader may respond:  1.  Show me examples. 2. Why do you believe that?  3.  Why should I agree? (or)  Prove it.  4.  So what?  Why is this important?What question about the thesis does the following outline answer?Introduction:  In many societies throughout the course of history, artists have depicted the power of divinity in art.  The ancient Greeks made their gods a frequent theme in art forms ranging from tragedies to vase paintings.  One of the most important portrayals of the gods in Greek civilization is Homers Iliad.   In the Iliad, Homer shows that the power of Zeus, the king of the gods, is limited because other gods frequently challenge his authority.  Body paragraph I:  In book I,  Zeus power is limited when he changes the preordained course of the war at the request of Thetis. Body paragraph 2:  In book XIII, Zeuss power is shown to be limited because Poseidon successfully defies him.Body Paragraph 3:  In book XV, Hera shows that Zeuss power is limited when she tricks him into turning away from the war.  Conclusion:  In the Iliad, Zeuss power is limited because different gods assert themselves at different times.  Homer shows that Zeus cannot even control members of his own family.