GREEK EPIGRAPHY

Luigi VECCHIO GREEK EPIGRAPHY

0322200009
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE FIELD OF GREEK HISTORY AND GREEK EPIGRAPHY, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH READING, FRAMING AND INTERPRETATION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION OF EPIGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS IN GREEK, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THEIR CUSTOMER AND DESTINATION

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
KNOWING THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DISCIPLINE
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF INSCRIPTIONS FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
KNOW THE METHODOLOGY AND BASIC TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF A GREEK EPIGRAPHIC TEXT THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
APPLY THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCIPLINE
UNDERSTAND THE EPIGRAPHIC TEXT IN ALL ITS TYPES AND MANIFESTATIONS

MAKING JUDGEMENT
ANALYZE, EVALUATING AND FILTERING THE DATA AND ELABORATE REFLECTIONS AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF COMPETENCE

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- EXPOSING THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE CORRECTLY AND ORGANICALLY
- RELATING IN DIFFERENT WORK CONTEXTS
- MEDIATING WITHIN A WORK GROUP
- USING AT LEAST ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM

LEARNING SKILLS
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND WEB RESOURCES
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS
- UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
- CONTINUE INDEPENDENTLY IN STUDIES AND EMERGING NEEDS IN THE WORLD OF WORK
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES REQUIRED.
Contents
EPIGRAPHIC TEXTS AS SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION OF THE GREEKS.
GREEK EPIGRAPHY: CHARACTERS AND HISTORY OF THE DISCIPLINE (2 HOURS); PRE-ALPHABETICAL EGEE SCRIPTS (2 HOURS); ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE GREEK ALPHABET (4 HOURS); READING OF EXAMPLES OF INSCRIPTIONS OF LOCAL ALPHABETS (6 HOURS); METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF AN EPIGRAPHIC TEXT (2 HOURS);
THE GREEK INSCRIPTIONS: TYPOLOGY (LAWS; TREATIES; DECREES; REPORTS AND INVENTORIES; DEDICATIONS AND RELIGIOUS LAWS; FUNERAL DEDICATIONS) WITH READING OF EXAMPLES (14 HOURS).

Teaching Methods
LECTURES, FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL TOPICS. AND EXERCISES.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL TEST THAT AIMS TO VERIFY THROUGH QUESTIONS AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTS READ DURING THE LESSONS:
- KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DISCIPLINE AND OF THE METHODOLOGY AND BASIC TOOLS FOR THE STUDY OF A GREEK EPIGRAPHIC TEXT;
- APPLYING THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISCIPLINE AND UNDERSTANDING THE EPIGRAPHIC TEXT IN ALL ITS TYPES AND MANIFESTATIONS;
- MAKING JUDGEMENT: ANALYZE, EVALUATING AND FILTERING THE DATA AND ELABORATE REFLECTIONS AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF COMPETENCE;
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS: EXPOSING THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE CORRECTLY AND ORGANICALLY;
- LEARNING SKILLS: USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND WEB RESOURCES AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS.
THE FINAL GRADE WILL DEPEND ON THE MATURITY ACQUIRED ON THE COURSE CONTENTS.
Texts
M. GUARDUCCI, L’EPIGRAFIA GRECA DALLE ORIGINI AL TARDO IMPERO, ISTITUTO POLIGRAFICO E ZECCA DELLO STATO, ROMA, 1987, ONLY PP. 1-33; 81-100; 111-130; 137-143; 167-183; 191-195; 244-247; 254-264; 320-325; 379-384. DURING THE LESSONS ARCHAIC INSCRIPTIONS WILL BE READ AND COMMENTED (TEXT WILL BE PROVIDED IN COPY).

APPROFONDIMENTI DI

GREEK HISTORY (FOR STUDENTS OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT CULTURES)
M. GIANGIULIO (A CURA DI), INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA GRECA, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2021, ONLY PP. 27-36; 53-66; 117-128; 129-142; 173-183.

GREEK EPIGRAPHY (FOR STUDENTS OF PHILOLOGY, LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY)
ISCRIZIONI STORICHE GRECHE. UN’ANTOLOGIA, A CURA DI C. ANTONETTI E S. DE VIDO, ROMA, CAROCCI, 2017, ONLY: NR. 4 (PP. 24-28); NR. 9 (PP. 42-47); NR. 10 (PP. 47-50); NR. 25 (PP. 117-121); NR. 26 (PP. 121-128); NR. 27 (PP. 128-132); NR. 31 (PP. 148-153); NR. 36 (PP. 166-168); NR. 37 (PP. 168-178); NR. 47 (PP. 215-127).
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