ID:
510084
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
LINGUA E LETTERATURA GRECA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student:
1) will have a deep knowledge of special aspects of the ancient Greek literature, also as a basis and opportunity for original inquiries;
2) can apply their knowledge and understanding and problem solving abilities even in new or unfamiliar environments within broader or multidisciplinary contexts related to this field of study;
3) will be able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity with critical sense, as well as formulate judgements even if with incomplete or limited information;
4) can communicate clearly and unambiguously her/his conclusions and the knowledge and rationale involved, both to specialist and non specialist audiences;
5) will have developed learning skills which are necessary to further studying the discipline with a high degree of autonomy.
1) will have a deep knowledge of special aspects of the ancient Greek literature, also as a basis and opportunity for original inquiries;
2) can apply their knowledge and understanding and problem solving abilities even in new or unfamiliar environments within broader or multidisciplinary contexts related to this field of study;
3) will be able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity with critical sense, as well as formulate judgements even if with incomplete or limited information;
4) can communicate clearly and unambiguously her/his conclusions and the knowledge and rationale involved, both to specialist and non specialist audiences;
5) will have developed learning skills which are necessary to further studying the discipline with a high degree of autonomy.
Course Prerequisites
Very good knowledge of ancient Greek language and literature, as provided by an Italian undergraduate degree in Classics.
Teaching Methods
In-presence lessons.
Commenting on and discussing teaching materials made available online (Kiro). Seminars on special topics, with the students actively involved.
Lively interaction will be favored.
Commenting on and discussing teaching materials made available online (Kiro). Seminars on special topics, with the students actively involved.
Lively interaction will be favored.
Assessment Methods
The exam will be oral, divided in three moments, and aimed to verify the knowledge of:
1) topics, texts, and bibliography presented and discussed during the lectures;
2) the two essays chosen from the proposed bibliography;
3) the Greek text of the Iliad book chosen, in the critical edition by M.L. West, and the ability to face the editions of scholia (H. Erbse, H. van Thiel) and the “Cambridge commentary" on the Iliad: the teacher will propose a passage from the Iliad (to be read and translated, with explanation of the second apparatus), some related scholia, and the correspondent page in the “Cambridge commentary”.
1) topics, texts, and bibliography presented and discussed during the lectures;
2) the two essays chosen from the proposed bibliography;
3) the Greek text of the Iliad book chosen, in the critical edition by M.L. West, and the ability to face the editions of scholia (H. Erbse, H. van Thiel) and the “Cambridge commentary" on the Iliad: the teacher will propose a passage from the Iliad (to be read and translated, with explanation of the second apparatus), some related scholia, and the correspondent page in the “Cambridge commentary”.
Texts
For the critical text of the Iliad: Homeri Ilias, ed. M.L. West, I-II, München/Stuttgart-Leipzig 1998-2000.
Commentary on the Iliad: The Iliad. A Commentary, gen. ed. G.S. Kirk, 6 vols., Cambridge 1985-2003.
The bibliography indicated in Programma e contenuti is available in the Biblioteca di Studi Umanistici or will be provided by the teacher.
Commentary on the Iliad: The Iliad. A Commentary, gen. ed. G.S. Kirk, 6 vols., Cambridge 1985-2003.
The bibliography indicated in Programma e contenuti is available in the Biblioteca di Studi Umanistici or will be provided by the teacher.
Contents
Homer’s ancient and modern readers. Anthropomorphic gods: Aphrodite wounded by Diomedes (Il. 5.311-430).
The impact of the Iliad on the Western culture of Antiquity, as well as from the Middle Ages to our days, has no equal. It depends on an almost uninterrupted tradition, which at the same time has been constantly developing, of readings, interpretations, receptions, actualizations. This course aims at offering a cross-section of these receptions, by reading of Homeric text as well as related ancient and modern explanations, in order to examine the typology of hermeneutical approaches. The outcome will be a set of case studies useful to understand the questions and responses of the readers as well as the variety of critical approaches and tools stimulated by this very long dialogue.
Exam program:
1) Learning materials and texts proposed during the lectures;
2) Translation of the Greek text of one book of the Iliad, chosen among 1, 9, 10, 16, 18, 22, 24 in the critical edition of M.L. West (Stuttgart/München-Leipzig 1998-2000) and along with the Cambridge commentary dir. by G.S. Kirk (see Testi di riferimento);
3) Reading of two critical essays, to be chosen among the following:
– N. J. Richardson, Literary Criticism in the Exegetical Scholia to the Iliad. A Sketch, CQ N.S. 30 (1980), pp. 265-287;
– M. Schmidt, The Homer of the Scholia: What Is Explained to the Reader?, in F. Montanari (cur.)-P. Ascheri (collab.), Omero tremila anni dopo, Atti del Congresso, Genova, 6-8 Luglio 2000, Roma 2002, pp. 159-183;
– K. Snipes, Literary Interpretation in the Homeric Scholia: the Similes of the Iliad, AJPh 109 (1988), pp. 196-222;
– R. Nünlist, Narratological Concepts in Greek Scholia, in J. Grethlein-A. Rengakos (eds.), Narratology and Interpretation. The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature, Berlin-New York 2009, pp. 63-83;
– B. Graziosi, Homeric Scholarship in its Formative Stages, in The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs. Foundational Texts Compared, ed. by F.-H. Mutschler, Newcastle 2018, pp. 87-116;
– One chapter included in J.L. Ready-C.C. Tsagalis (eds.), Homer in Performance: Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters, Austin 2018.
The impact of the Iliad on the Western culture of Antiquity, as well as from the Middle Ages to our days, has no equal. It depends on an almost uninterrupted tradition, which at the same time has been constantly developing, of readings, interpretations, receptions, actualizations. This course aims at offering a cross-section of these receptions, by reading of Homeric text as well as related ancient and modern explanations, in order to examine the typology of hermeneutical approaches. The outcome will be a set of case studies useful to understand the questions and responses of the readers as well as the variety of critical approaches and tools stimulated by this very long dialogue.
Exam program:
1) Learning materials and texts proposed during the lectures;
2) Translation of the Greek text of one book of the Iliad, chosen among 1, 9, 10, 16, 18, 22, 24 in the critical edition of M.L. West (Stuttgart/München-Leipzig 1998-2000) and along with the Cambridge commentary dir. by G.S. Kirk (see Testi di riferimento);
3) Reading of two critical essays, to be chosen among the following:
– N. J. Richardson, Literary Criticism in the Exegetical Scholia to the Iliad. A Sketch, CQ N.S. 30 (1980), pp. 265-287;
– M. Schmidt, The Homer of the Scholia: What Is Explained to the Reader?, in F. Montanari (cur.)-P. Ascheri (collab.), Omero tremila anni dopo, Atti del Congresso, Genova, 6-8 Luglio 2000, Roma 2002, pp. 159-183;
– K. Snipes, Literary Interpretation in the Homeric Scholia: the Similes of the Iliad, AJPh 109 (1988), pp. 196-222;
– R. Nünlist, Narratological Concepts in Greek Scholia, in J. Grethlein-A. Rengakos (eds.), Narratology and Interpretation. The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature, Berlin-New York 2009, pp. 63-83;
– B. Graziosi, Homeric Scholarship in its Formative Stages, in The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs. Foundational Texts Compared, ed. by F.-H. Mutschler, Newcastle 2018, pp. 87-116;
– One chapter included in J.L. Ready-C.C. Tsagalis (eds.), Homer in Performance: Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters, Austin 2018.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The learning material will be made available on the platform Kiro (https://elearning.unipv.it/).
For further information, please contact the teacher.
For further information, please contact the teacher.
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