Luigi VECCHIO | GREEK HISTORY
Luigi VECCHIO GREEK HISTORY
cod. 0312100079
GREEK HISTORY
| 0312100079 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | |
| HERITAGE STUDIES | |
| 2014/2015 |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
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| L-ANT/02 | 12 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO ACQUIRE THE BASIC METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK HISTORY AND TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEK WORLD (FROM THE MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE POLEIS TO THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE END OF FREEDOM OF THE GREEKS AFTER THE ROMAN INTERVENTION IN GREECE), HIGHLIGHTING THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS BY READING AND ANALYZING DOCUMENTARY SOURCES, WITH ESPECIAL FOCUS ON THOSE OF LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHIC CHARACTER. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| NO PREREQUISITES. |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION DEVOTED TO GENERAL ASPECTS (E.G. CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE GREEK WORLD) AND THE DOCUMENTARY BASIS, IN PARTICULAR LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES); THEN THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE GREEK WORLD FROM THE MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION TO THE ROMAN CONQUEST: THE PERIOD OF THE ORIGINS (THE MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION, THE HOMERIC WORLD, THE FORMATION OF THE POLIS, COLONIZATION), THE MAIN EVENT BETWEEN THE AGE OF THE PERSIAN WARS AND THE RISE OF PHILIP II OF MACEDONIA, THE CRISIS IN THE WORLD OF THE POLEIS, THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE FORMATION OF THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS, UNTIL THE CONQUEST OF ROME AND THE REDUCTION OF GREECE TO A ROMAN PROVINCE. THE FOURTH MODULE WILL BE DEDICATED TO A DISCUSSION ON THE TYRANNY OF PISISTRATUS BY READING ANCIENT SOURCES (HERODOTUS, HISTORIES, I 59-64; ARISTOTLE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATHENIANS, 13-19). |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES AND FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL TOPICS. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL TEXT. |
| Texts | |
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| A CHOICE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING MANUALS: C. BEARZOT, MANUALE DI STORIA GRECA (EDIZIONI IL MULINO), 2ª ED. BOLOGNA 2005; M. BETTALLI - A. L. D’AGATA - A. MAGNETTO, STORIA GRECA (CAROCCI EDITORE), ROMA 2006; M. CORSARO - L. GALLO, STORIA GRECA, LE MONNIER (MILANO) 2010. FOR THE INTRODUCTORY PART: A. MAGNELLI, GUIDA ALLA STORIA GRECA, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2002 (CAPITOLO 2: “FONTI E DOCUMENTI PER LO STUDIO DELLA STORIA GRECA”, PP. 27-72). FOR THE FOURTH MODULE: SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL INTEGRATE THE STUDY OF THE SOURCES (HERODOTUS, HISTORIES, I 59-64; ARISTOTLE, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATHENIANS, 13-19: PLEASE AGREE WITH THE TEACHER FOR REFERENCE EDITION) WITH THE FOLLOWING TEXTS: E. STEIN-HÖLKESKAMP, TIRANNIDI E RICERCA DELL'EUNOMIA, IN I GRECI. 2. UNA STORIA GRECA. 1. FORMAZIONE, TORINO 1996, PP. 653-679; A. VISCONTI, ATENE E L'ATTICA FINO A PISISTRATO, IN STORIA D'EUROPA E DEL MEDITERRANEO, SEZ. II. LA GRECIA, VOL. III. GRECIA E MEDITERRANEO DALL'VIII SEC. A.C. ALL'ETÀ DELLE GUERRE PERSIANE, A CURA DI M. GIANGIULIO, SALERNO EDITRICE, ROMA 2007, PP. 395-436 (IN PARTICOLARE LE PP. 423-434). |
| More Information | |
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| FOR THE TEXT PREPARATION IT IS RECOMMENDED TO INGRATE THE INFORMATION FROM THE HISTORICAL ATLAS (E.G. M. BARATTA - P. FRACCARO - L. VISINTIN, ATLANTE STORICO. L’EVO ANTICO, ISTITUTO GEOGRAFICO DE AGOSTINI, NOVARA) AND FROM: F. CORDANO - P. SCHIRRIPA, LE PAROLE DELLA STORIA GRECA, ROMA, CAROCCI EDITORE, 2008. IT IS RECOMMENDED FREQUENCY OF CLASSES. |
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