STORIA GRECA

Luigi VECCHIO STORIA GRECA

0312700008
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
STUDIES IN CULTURAL HERITAGE ARTS AND DRAMA
2017/2018

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO ACQUIRE THE BASIC METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK HISTORY AND TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLITICAL 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 LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHIC.
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES.
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL ASPECTS (E.G. CHRONOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE GREEK WORLD) AND THE DOCUMENTARY BASIS, IN PARTICULAR LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES). 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 LESSONS WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE READING OF TEXTS BY GREEK AUTHORS (IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION) RELATED TO THE TOPICS DISCUSSED.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL TOPICS.
Verification of learning
ORAL TEXT.
Texts
LA STORIA ANTICA. METODI E FONTI PER LO STUDIO, A CURA DI G. POMA, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2016, ONLY CHAPTERS V (P. A. TUCI, LE FONTI LETTERARIE GRECHE, PP. 131-157 AND IX (E. CULASSO GASTALDI, L’EPIGRAFIA GRECA, PP. 225-244).

A CHOICE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING MANUALS:
C. BEARZOT, MANUALE DI STORIA GRECA, 2ª ED., IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2011
M. BETTALLI - A. L. D’AGATA - A. MAGNETTO, STORIA GRECA, 2ª ED., CAROCCI, ROMA, 2013
L. BREGLIA - F. GUIZZI - F. RAVIOLA, STORIA GRECA, NAPOLI, EDISES 2015
M. CORSARO - L. GALLO, STORIA GRECA, LE MONNIER, MILANO, 2010

G. POMA, LE ISTITUZIONI POLITICHE DELLA GRECIA CLASSICA, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2003 (ONLY CHAPTER V: LE ISTITUZIONI DEMOCRATICHE: IL MODELLO ATENIESE, 75-152).

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS WILL AGREE WITH THE TEACHER THE TEXTS.
More Information
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).

IT IS RECOMMENDED FREQUENCY OF CLASSES.
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