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(Pomona), Jackson (Pomona) Classics is the name traditionally given to the study ... of the languages, literature, art, archaeology ... culture of ancient Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age to the early Middle Ages.The ... undergraduate study of other aspects of the civilizations of the ancient ... , including Biblical Hebrew and the religions and cultures of the ancient ... Near East.The department offers courses designed to ... give students the opportunity to read classical ... literature in the original languages and in English ... to gain a knowledge and appreciation of the classical civilizations and their ... influence on the modern world. There are two options for concentration in ... this major.The first, in classical languages and ...

in ancient Greek moral thinking:What is the best kind of life for a human? Should I ... , or relative to ones society? What is the relation between gods and humans? Are ... we at the mercy of Fate? Readings from Greek ... modes of self-understanding in the Greco-Roman world as represented in a ... documents, ancient novels, accounts of the martyrs, and dream literature. 103. ... , oratory, law, medical writings, and the visual arts, this course will explore ... the legal and social position of women in ... Greece; male attitudes toward women and the idea of the Female; sexuality; and the ... contrast between the myths of powerful women and the ... . 121. Classical Mythology. (Pitzer) The structure and interpretation of Greek ... and Roman myth. Readings from ancient literature ...

Study of ancient and medieval political theory with readings from Aristophanes, Plato ... CMC) Devoted principally to examining the classical understanding of political ... rhetoric and the problems and possibilities connected ... Gorgias and Aristotles Rhetoric. In the final part of the course, some famous ... speeches from the American political tradition will be ... examined. History 10.The Ancient Mediterranean. A survey of ... ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman history to ... 300 C.E. Emphasis on the emergence of different civilizations ... around the Mediterranean. Offered in 2004-2005.I. ... . (Pitzer) An introductory survey of the histories and cultures of Classical and ... and Imperial Rome to 565 A.D. and the rise of Christianity. Special attention ... is given to the primary source material, with an ...

122.The New Testament and the History of Early Christianity. The ... and its spiritual triumph over the Roman Empire.The New Testament and other ... Christian literature compared with the civic, humanitarian, and spiritual ... ideals of imperial Greco-Roman society. Lecture and discussion. Staff ... . 123. Christianity in Africa. The inculturation of Christianity in Africa ... be examined through selected studies on the history of Christianity in Africa, ... including the independent church movement and the ... roles of women in the churches.African Christian theologies ... . 126. Gnosticism. An introduction to the religious movement known as Gnosticism ... : its origins in the Hellenic and Roman Near East; its radical Hellenization of ... its evolution into a world religion in the form of Manichaeism; its rediscovery in ...