“The Complexities of Justice and Government in Ancient Greece: An Analysis of Antigone, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, and Plato’s Republic”

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Please note: these are not formal essays. Spend no more than 90 minutes on this exam.
Part I. Answer all four essays. Give specifics from the podcasts/readings/discussion that demonstrates this is your own work. (Note: Dr. Franco was the one reading most of the podcast and the book that we read are “the republic, Plato book 1,2,3 and 4 etc)
Sophocles, Antigone: 25 points
1. At its core, the play Antigone reveals competing notions of justice. Discuss how Antigone and Creon define justice and how does that impact their actions/decisions? Who/what are they loyal to and how does this help explain the central conflict in the play? How does gender play a role in the action that unfolds?
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War: 750 words: 35 points
2. Compare Pericles’ vision of Athenian values from the Funeral Oration with the ways in which Athens acts over the course of the war. In what ways do the Athenians fail to live up to their values? Make sure to discuss how we see this in each of the following: the Mytilenean debate, the Melian Dialogue, and the Sicilian Expedition.
Plato, Republic, day 1: 20 points
3. What point(s) is Plato making about justice through his discussion of existing definitions of justice in book one? What are the problems with all three definitions? How does Plato define justice at the personal and societal level in book IV? Make sure to discuss how each part of the soul/society relates to its corresponding virtue. What is different about his definition of justice offered in Book IVcompared to those definitions given in book I?
Plato, Republic, day 2: 20 points
4. Write an essay on Plato’s Republic that examines Plato’s discussion about the devolution of governments. Citing evidence from the reading and lecture, why does he think his “aristocracy” (as he defines it in book VIII) would be the most just form of government? What are the most important values within an aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, and democracy? Why does society embrace each successive form of government and why are they less just than the previous one? I