ID:
FLT029N2
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
LINGUA E LETTERATURA GRECA
Located in:
CHIETI
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PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Teaching will contribute to achievement of the learning objectives of the Degree Course in Philology, Linguistics and literary traditions, in accordance with the following coordinates:
• KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING: to consolidate and develop grammatical, syntactical and lexical skills; to master the outlines of the history of the Greek language from both the diachronic and diatopic viewpoint and that of the differentiation between literary genres;
• INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGEMENT: to acquire clear autonomy of judgement in the analysis of ancient Greek texts and in their collection and organization.
• COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS:
- To acquire sufficient skills to expose, communicate and explain linguistic problems to a specialised audience with appropriate terminology;
- To communicate to non-specialists, also through innovative methods, the singularities and richness of a classical world that can and must play a highly important role in the building of new cultural directions in collaboration with scholars from other scientific fields and professionals from the business.
• KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING: to consolidate and develop grammatical, syntactical and lexical skills; to master the outlines of the history of the Greek language from both the diachronic and diatopic viewpoint and that of the differentiation between literary genres;
• INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGEMENT: to acquire clear autonomy of judgement in the analysis of ancient Greek texts and in their collection and organization.
• COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS:
- To acquire sufficient skills to expose, communicate and explain linguistic problems to a specialised audience with appropriate terminology;
- To communicate to non-specialists, also through innovative methods, the singularities and richness of a classical world that can and must play a highly important role in the building of new cultural directions in collaboration with scholars from other scientific fields and professionals from the business.
Course Prerequisites
The ability to read Greek texts in the original language is obligatory.
Teaching Methods
The main teaching method will be frontal teaching; however, group work will also be provided, which will produce seminar meetings at the end of the course, to develop students’ autonomous research and communications skills.
Assessment Methods
The final assessment consists of a written and an oral exam with final single mark. The written exam consists of a translation of an ancient Greek text into Italian. In order to be admitted to the oral exam, the written test must be passed with the minimum assessment of sufficient (18).
The aim is to assess students' skills and, in particular, a understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course program, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours: 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours excellent.
The aim is to assess students' skills and, in particular, a understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course program, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours: 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours excellent.
Texts
Reference texts for exam preparation. A manual chosen from:• A.C. Cassio, Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Le Monnier Università, Milano 2008.• M. Morani, Introduzione alla linguistica greca: il greco tra le lingue indoeuropee, Edizioni dell’Orso 1999.To read more about Greek Poets it is necessary to study:G. Perrotta- B. Gentili- C.Catenacci (a cura di), Polinnia. Poesia greca arcaica, D’Anna, Messina-Firenze 2007.
Come Storia della Letteratura Greca di riferimento:
A. Rodighiero, S. Mazzoldi, D. Piovan, Civiltà letteraria della Grecia antica, Bologna 2025.
Per la lettura dei lirici greci si richiede lo studio di: G. Perrotta- B. Gentili- C.Catenacci (a cura di), Polinnia. Poesia greca arcaica, D’Anna, Messina-Firenze 2007.
EDITIONS AND COMMENTARIES
Bernand 1960, A. e É. Bernand, Les Inscriptions Grecques et latines du Colosse de Memnon, Paris 1960 (Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Bibliothèque d’étude, 31).
Cirio 2011, A. M. Cirio, Gli Epigrammi di Giulia Balbilla (ricordi di una dama di corte) e altri testi al femminile sul Colosso di Memnone, Lecce 2011.
A selection of seven from the following articles:
Baslez 1992, M.-F. Baslez, “La famille de Philopappos de Commagène. Un prince entre deux mondes”, Dialog. Hist. Anc. 18, 1992, 89-101.
Birley 2003, A.R. Birley, “Hadrian’s Travels”, in L. De Blois et alii (edd.), The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power, Amsterdam 2003, pp. 425-441.
Bowie 1990, E. Bowie, “Greek Poetry in the Antonine Age”, in D. A. Russell (ed.), Antonine Literature, Oxford 1990, 53-90.
Bowie 2002, E. Bowie, “Hadrian and the Greek Poetry”, in E. N. Ostenfeld (ed.), Greek Romans and Romans Greek, Aarhus 2002.
Bravi 2007, A. Bravi, “Vocem Memnonis audivi”: il colosso di Memnone e i luoghi della memoria greco-romana in Egitto, in O.D. Cordovana-M. Galli (edd.), Arte e memoria culturale nell’età della Seconda sofistica, Catania 2007, 79-91.
Brennan 1998, T.C. Brennan, The Poets Julia Balbilla and Damo at the Colossus of Memnon, Class. World 91, 4, 1998, 215-234.
Cugusi 2014, P. Cugusi, “L’impiego dell’acrostico nelle epigrafi metriche delle province africane”, in A. Pistellato (ed.), Memoria poetica e poesia della memoria. La versificazione epigrafica dall’antichità all’Umanesimo, Venezia 2014, 121-161.
Gangloff 2011, A. Gangloff, Les «poètes» hellénophones sur le Colosse de Memnon, in Médiateurs culturels et politiques dans l'Empire romain: voyages, conflits, identités, De l’archéologie à l’histoire, a cura di Anne Gangloff, Paris, De Boccard, 2011, pp. 37-57.
Garcia Teijeiro 1984, M. Garcia Teijeiro, “Notas sobre el vocabulario de los epigramas de Julia Balbila”, Estud. Clás. Tom. 26, nr. 87, 1984, 99-102.
Garulli 2013, V. Garulli, “Greek Acrostic Verse Inscriptions”, in J. Kwapisz-D. Petrain- M. Szymanski (edd.), The Muse at Play. Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry, (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, Band 305), Berlin 2013, 246-278.
Hodot 1974, R. Hodot, Balbilla et le dialecte lesbien, «Recherches», (EPHE, Sorbonne), Paris 1974.
Garcia Teijeiro 1984, M.G. Teijeiro, Notas sobre el vocabulario de los epigramas de Julia Balbila, «Estudios Clásicos», Vol. 26, 87, 1984, pp. 99-102;
Ippolito 1996, A. Ippolito, “Tecnica compositiva e modelli letterari degli Epigrammi di Giulia Balbilla”, Sileno 22, 1996, 119-136.
Pettorino 2001, M. Pettorino, I colossi che cantano, «Mystero», 2, 9, 2001, p. 23;
Rosenmeyer 2008, P.A. Rosenmeyer, “Greek Verse Inscriptions in Roman Egypt Julia Balbilla’s Sapphic Voice”, Class. Antiq. 27, 2, 2008, 334-358.
Rutherford 2003, I. Rutherford, Pilgrimage in Greco-Roman Egypt: new Perspectives on Graffiti from the Memnonion at Abydos, in Ancient Perspectives on Egypt, a cura di Roger Matthews, Cornelia Roemer, London, Taylor & Francis, 2003, p. 174.
Further texts will be supplied at the beginning and during the course.
Contents
The course, through elements of historical grammar and dialectology, will aim to deepen knowledge of the ancient Greek language in relation to the different chronological periods and the various poetic and literary genres. An initial 10-hour module will be dedicated to the fundamental characteristics of the Aeolic dialect. It will then focus on the Greek Epigrams preserved on the Colossus of Memnon in Thebes of Egypt, with particular attention to those of Julia Balbilla (Epigr. 28-31 Bernand) and of other female voices (Damo, Vibia Sabina, etc.), exploring their linguistic choices and historical context.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Further texts will be supplied during the lessons. Non attending students will integrate the program with texts to be agreed with the teacher.
Degrees
Degrees
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS
Master’s Degree
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