CLASSICS 101: GREEK MYTHOLOGY Spring 2013‚ CSULB J. Mark Sugars‚ Ph.D. Sec. 06 Course #1364 TuTh 1230-1345 My office: MHB - 611 DESN – 112 j.marksugars@csulb.edu Mailbox (Dept. of Comp. World Lit. & Classics): MHB-517 Course Objectives: Greek myths have inspired and influenced literature‚ music‚ and the rest of the arts‚ especially in the
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Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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Pre-Socratic Philosophers Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1. Who Were the Presocratic Philosophers? Our understanding of the Presocratics is complicated by the incomplete nature of our evidence. Most of them wrote at least one “book” (short pieces of prose writing‚ it seems‚ or‚ in some cases‚ poems of not great length)‚ but no complete work survives. Instead‚ we are dependent on later philosophers‚ historians‚ and compilers of collections of ancient wisdom for disconnected quotations (fragments)
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Ancient_Near_Eastern_Thought_and_the_Old_Testament_.docFileViewHelp Comparative studies abound in our field. Discussions of the “Bible and‚” focusing on a particular theme or text from the ancient Near Eastern or Mediterranean world‚ are commonplace. What is unusual is a one-volume‚ comprehensive treatment of how the Hebrew Bible participates in and differs from the cultures of the ancient Near East. Drawing from a wide array of scholarship on the textual remains of the ancient Near East
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE BIBLE AMONG THE MYTHS JOHN‚ N. OSWALT A SUMMARY PAPER OF THE TEXT ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN THOUGHT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. RANDY G. HANEY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY BY 03 MARCH 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND METHODS 3 CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE STUDIES‚ SCHOLARSHIP‚ AND THEOLOGY 6 CHAPTER 3: SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 10 CHAPTER 4: THE GODS 14 CHAPTER 5: TEMPLES AND RITUALS 19 CHAPTER 6: STATE AND FAMILY
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LITERATURE: Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The word literatureliterally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech "arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose
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The great myths and religions of the world can often be traced back to a distinct few sources. The direct definition of religion is the “belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ especially a personal God or gods.” Most of the time the religions of one culture are based on the beliefs of another or an earlier culture. The religious beliefs and practices of Athens‚ Greece can be quite thoroughly compared and contrasted to those of the Gupta Empire‚ because while they vastly differ‚
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When we talk about Religion and Mythology‚ often we mistake them for the same thing. This is often due to the fact that‚ both are based around stories and full of miracles and special events that‚ we the readers from a 21st century perspective deem as logically and physically impossible. Growing up as a child‚ religion was a pillar that I personally was brought up with yet at the same time when it came to aspects such as entertainment‚ Mythology is a key influence on children’s programmes. There
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U MYTHOLOGY U GODS AND GODDESSES IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY Michelle M. Houle Copyright © 2001 by Michelle M. Houle All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Houle‚ Michelle M. Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology / Michelle M. Houle. p. cm. — (Mythology) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Discusses various Greek myths‚ including creation stories
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The Ara Pacis Augustae‚ known as the Altar of Augustan Peace‚ is one of the most renowned works of Roman art. Many scholars believe this specifically represents Augustus’s triumphant return from Gaul and Spain. As a result‚ the monument commemorates Augustus’s finest accomplishments for bringing peace in the Roman world. Consequently‚ the altar encompasses the theme of peace and the prosperity that occurred thereafter. Although the name of the artist remains unknown‚ much is known about its history
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