ID:
501055
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
STORIA GRECA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
A whole comprehension of historical processes. Acquisition of critical methodology in analysing ancient sources. The course aims to provide knowledges about the most significant themes and aspects of the ancient Greek history with a closer focus on the relationship beetween Greeks and the barbarian "other" and on the representation of "barbarity" Greek thought from the first encounters with non-Greek peoples down to the mid-fourth century. Emphasis will be put on the method of analysis of different sources (literary, archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidences). A part of the course shall be dedicated to the study of the historiography and to the ‘documentary’ material used by greek historians in their works
Course Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required
Teaching Methods
- Lectures (delivered both by professors and teaching assistants) - Problem solving - Analysis and translations of greek sources - Use of Interactive Maps of Ancient Greece - Visits to museums, historic city-centres and archaeological sites
Assessment Methods
Oral examination. During the exam the student must be able to demonstrate - her/his knowledge of the most significant themes and aspects of the ancient Greek history and historiography, explained in a sufficient correct scientific language; - her/his ability to analyze, interpret and comment greek and latin sources and documents.
Texts
Program for attending students who have the 12-credit Greek History exam (module A + module B) in their study plan: 1/5. A book of your choice from the following list: - C. Bearzot, Manuale di storia greca, il Mulino, Bologna, 2015 (III ed) - available online Pandora Campus - M. Bettalli (a cura di), Storia greca, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2021 (III ed.) 2/5. Introduzione alla storiografia greca, a cura di M. Bettalli, Carocci, Roma, 2021 (new edition): capp.: 2-11, 13. The study of the indicated chapters must be carried out selectively. Knowledge of the following authors will be required: Hecataeus * - Herodotus * - Thucydides * - Xenophon * - Ephorus - Theopompus - Ctesias - Alessandrography: Ptolemy, Clitarchus, Arrian - Hieronymus - Timaeus - Polybius * - Diodorus - Strabo - Plutarch - Pausanias * . For all the authors cited, a general chronological classification, knowledge of the contents and the main aspects of the method of the work will be required; for major authors (marked with an asterisk) knowledge of the structure and editorial history of the work will also be required. Knowledge of the following topics will also be required: universal historiography, pragmatic historiography, biography, periegesis; the relationship between historiography and epic; the relationship between historiography and rhetoric; the ancient historian and his audience. 3/5. L'età ellenistica. Società, politica, cultura, a cura di M. Mari, Carocci, Roma, 2019: cap. 1 (solo i §§. 1.1 e 1.3); cap. 2 (solo il §. 2.6); capp. 4-6; cap. 7 (solo i §§. 7.3-7.4). The study of the chapters indicated - which integrate the Hellenistic section of the manuals suggested above (see point 1/5 of the program) - must be carried out selectively. Specifically, knowledge of the following topics will be required: the chronological definition of the Hellenistic age; the 'novelty' of the Hellenistic age; the 'vertical' relations between king, court, city (negotiation and language of power); the cult of the Hellenistic ruler; evergetism as an economic and political phenomenon; the court company; court elites and city elites; the Hellenistic kingdom as a network; the 'horizontal' relationships between cities. 4/5. Further optional readings - Magna Grecia. Una storia mediterranea, a cura di M. Giangiulio, Carocci, Roma, 2021 - Storia greca: fonti e interpretazioni, a cura di M. Bettalli e S. De Vido, Carocci, Roma, 2022 5/5. Teaching material available on Kiro The study of the textbooks shall be supported with the help of a good historical atlas; useful information will be provided during the classes (but see, for example, the following link https://archive.org/stream/atlasofancientcl00#page/n5/mode/2up). In any case, for geographical maps, main sources and other educational materials, see the Greek History KIRO platform ________________Program for attending students who have the 6-credit Greek History exam in their study plan (module A only): 1. A book of your choice from the following list: - C. Bearzot, Manuale di storia greca, il Mulino, Bologna, 2015 (III ed) - available online Pandora Campus - M. Bettalli (a cura di), Storia greca, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2021 (III ed.) 2. Introduzione alla storiografia greca, a cura di M. Bettalli, Carocci, Roma, 2021 (new edition). 3. Further optional readings: - L'età ellenistica. Società, politica, cultura, a cura di M. Mari, Carocci, Roma, 2019 - Magna Grecia. Una storia mediterranea, a cura di M. Giangiulio, Carocci, Roma, 2021 - Storia greca: fonti e interpretazioni, a cura di M. Bettalli e S. De Vido, Carocci, Roma, 2022 4. Teaching material available on Kiro The study of the textbooks shall be supported with the help of a good historical atlas; useful information will be provided during the classes (but see, for example, the following link https://archive.org/stream/atlasofancientcl00#page/n5/mode/2up). In any case, for geographical maps, main sources and other educational materials, see the Greek History KIRO platform
Contents
I (modulo A): Lectures aim to present the outlines and the main problems of Greek history from the formation of the palaces in Crete up to the Philip II of Macedonia (382-336 BC), with a closer focus on the history of Greek religion. Particular attention will be devoted to the study of some particular aspect of Greek historiography (from the origin of greek historiography to Xenophon) Literary and historical sources shall be read in the original languages, traslated in italian and commentated. II (modulo B): After a general introduction devoted to Alexander the Great, the course aims to provide knowledges about the most significant themes and aspects of the Hellenistic history until the Roman Conquest. Emphasis will be put on the method of analysis of different sources (literary, archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic evidences). A part of the course shall be dedicated to the study of the Greek Historiography after the Roman Conquest (ex.gr.: Polybius, Diodorus, Pausanias).
Course Language
Italian
More information
For non-attending students, the exam program is identical to that for attending students: see above under Reference Texts. In any case, it is advisable to request an interview with the course instructor.
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