Greek History Ma
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with secure advanced knowledge of Greek history in its chronological development as well as of the specific research methods and current approaches and perspectives within the discipline by means of an in-depth treatment of a monographic theme and a critical and methodologically sound approach to ancient sources.
Expected learning outcomes
The expected learning outcomes include:
- advanced knowledge of the development of Greek history and especially of the political, institutional, socio-economic and cultural issues investigated during the course;
- ability to analyse, contextualise and critically interpret ancient sources (literary, epigraphic and archaeological) according to their specific characters and the thematic issues they individually pose;
- ability to use research methods and bibliographical resources developed by modern scholarship with a view to investigating the ancient Greek world;
- ability to communicate effectively using appropriate language and proving capable of critical judgment with regard to the topics and issues taken into consideration.
- advanced knowledge of the development of Greek history and especially of the political, institutional, socio-economic and cultural issues investigated during the course;
- ability to analyse, contextualise and critically interpret ancient sources (literary, epigraphic and archaeological) according to their specific characters and the thematic issues they individually pose;
- ability to use research methods and bibliographical resources developed by modern scholarship with a view to investigating the ancient Greek world;
- ability to communicate effectively using appropriate language and proving capable of critical judgment with regard to the topics and issues taken into consideration.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Course title: Laws and Justice in Greek Society from Homer to the Fourth Century BC
The topics dealt with during the course will be as follows:
Part A
Part A.1 will focus on a number of questions concerning the introduction of written legislations in the Greek world with reference to: the origins of the idea of written law; the personas of archaic legislators; the terminology of oral and written law; the relationship between written law and oral normative tradition; the meaning of written law in different historical contexts; some examples of archaic legislations both in the literary tradition (in Aristotle's Politics, book 2) and in the epigraphic record (the laws of Gortyn).
Part A.2 will be dedicated to an analysis of the ancient tradition revolving around Solon, of his political poetry (through a selection of his fragments) and its transmission, of the laws he introduced to bring about stability in Athenian society.
Part B
Part B will focus on the Athenian judicial system and the ways it functioned within (and was functional to) the democratic politeia. It is proposed to read two forensic speeches of the Lysianic corpus, Against Nichomachus (XXX, written for a public charge involving one of the anagrapheis carrying out the revision of the laws) and Against Diogeiton (XXXII, written for a private case concerning guardianship of three minor siblings).
The topics dealt with during the course will be as follows:
Part A
Part A.1 will focus on a number of questions concerning the introduction of written legislations in the Greek world with reference to: the origins of the idea of written law; the personas of archaic legislators; the terminology of oral and written law; the relationship between written law and oral normative tradition; the meaning of written law in different historical contexts; some examples of archaic legislations both in the literary tradition (in Aristotle's Politics, book 2) and in the epigraphic record (the laws of Gortyn).
Part A.2 will be dedicated to an analysis of the ancient tradition revolving around Solon, of his political poetry (through a selection of his fragments) and its transmission, of the laws he introduced to bring about stability in Athenian society.
Part B
Part B will focus on the Athenian judicial system and the ways it functioned within (and was functional to) the democratic politeia. It is proposed to read two forensic speeches of the Lysianic corpus, Against Nichomachus (XXX, written for a public charge involving one of the anagrapheis carrying out the revision of the laws) and Against Diogeiton (XXXII, written for a private case concerning guardianship of three minor siblings).
Prerequisites for admission
The course, an advanced course, is addressed to students who have already taken an introductory course in Greek History.
Teaching methods
Part A will be offered in a lecture format; part B will be more interactive and will be organized in a seminar-like format. The course takes the students through the different topics with an approach based on a detailed analysis and commentary on the relevant sources and a critical discussion of interpretative perspectives developed in modern scholarship. All texts and documents analyzed during the lectures are available, in advance for downloading, on the dedicated course website on the Ariel platform.
Attendance of lectures is recommended but is not compulsory.
Attendance of lectures is recommended but is not compulsory.
Teaching Resources
Part A
A.1
1) Together with the lectures notes and ancient sources examined during the course (uploaded ahead of each lecture on the Ariel website),
1) G. CAMASSA, Scrittura e mutamento delle leggi nel mondo antico. Dal Vicino Oriente alla Grecia di età arcaica e classica, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2011;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 101-132 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460).
A.2
1) Solone. Frammenti dell'opera poetica. Introduzione e commento di M. NOUSSIA, traduzione di M. FANTUZZI, Milano, BUR, 2001 (e successive edizioni);
2) L. LODDO, Solone demotikotatos. Il legislatore e il politico nella cultura democratica ateniese, Milano, LED, 2018 (https://www.ledonline.it/public/files/journals/2/879-3/solone-demotikotatos.pdf).
Part B
1) Lisia, Orazioni Contro Nicomaco (XXX) e Contro Diogitone (XXXII), in Lisia. Orazioni XVI-XXXIV. Introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di E. MEDDA, Milano, BUR, 1995;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 265-292 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460);
3) One of the following texts:
- M. PELLEGRINO, Introduzione all'oratoria greca. Autori e testi di età classica, Roma, Carocci, 2021;
- C. BEARZOT, La giustizia nell'antica Grecia, Roma, Carocci, 2008.
Bibliography for non-attending students
Part A
A.1
1) G. CAMASSA, Scrittura e mutamento delle leggi nel mondo antico. Dal Vicino Oriente alla Grecia di età arcaica e classica, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2011;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 101-132 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460).
3) One of the following texts:
- O. MURRAY, La Grecia delle origini, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1996 (seconda edizione), pp. 155-265;
- F. GUIZZI, Gortina (1000-450 a.C.): una città cretese e il suo codice, Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2018.
A.2
1) Solone. Frammenti dell'opera poetica. Introduzione e commento di M. NOUSSIA, traduzione di M. FANTUZZI, Milano, BUR, 2001 (e successive edizioni);
2) L. LODDO, Solone demotikotatos. Il legislatore e il politico nella cultura democratica ateniese, Milano, LED, 2018 (https://www.ledonline.it/public/files/journals/2/879-3/solone-demotikotatos.pdf).
3) D. MUSTI, «Demokratia». Origini di un'idea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1995, pp. 3-102.
1) Lisia, Orazioni Contro Nicomaco (XXX) e Contro Diogitone (XXXII), in Lisia. Orazioni XVI-XXXIV. Introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di E. MEDDA, Milano, BUR, 1995;
2) M. PELLEGRINO, Introduzione all'oratoria greca. Autori e testi di età classica, Roma, Carocci, 2021.
3) Un testo a scelta tra:
- L. PEPE, Atene a processo: il diritto ateniese attraverso le orazioni giudiziarie, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2019;
- M. BONAZZI, Processo a Socrate, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018.
A.1
1) Together with the lectures notes and ancient sources examined during the course (uploaded ahead of each lecture on the Ariel website),
1) G. CAMASSA, Scrittura e mutamento delle leggi nel mondo antico. Dal Vicino Oriente alla Grecia di età arcaica e classica, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2011;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 101-132 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460).
A.2
1) Solone. Frammenti dell'opera poetica. Introduzione e commento di M. NOUSSIA, traduzione di M. FANTUZZI, Milano, BUR, 2001 (e successive edizioni);
2) L. LODDO, Solone demotikotatos. Il legislatore e il politico nella cultura democratica ateniese, Milano, LED, 2018 (https://www.ledonline.it/public/files/journals/2/879-3/solone-demotikotatos.pdf).
Part B
1) Lisia, Orazioni Contro Nicomaco (XXX) e Contro Diogitone (XXXII), in Lisia. Orazioni XVI-XXXIV. Introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di E. MEDDA, Milano, BUR, 1995;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 265-292 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460);
3) One of the following texts:
- M. PELLEGRINO, Introduzione all'oratoria greca. Autori e testi di età classica, Roma, Carocci, 2021;
- C. BEARZOT, La giustizia nell'antica Grecia, Roma, Carocci, 2008.
Bibliography for non-attending students
Part A
A.1
1) G. CAMASSA, Scrittura e mutamento delle leggi nel mondo antico. Dal Vicino Oriente alla Grecia di età arcaica e classica, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2011;
2) (L. BOFFO-) M. FARAGUNA, Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni, società nell'antichità greca, Trieste, EUT, 2021, pp. 101-132 (https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/33460).
3) One of the following texts:
- O. MURRAY, La Grecia delle origini, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1996 (seconda edizione), pp. 155-265;
- F. GUIZZI, Gortina (1000-450 a.C.): una città cretese e il suo codice, Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2018.
A.2
1) Solone. Frammenti dell'opera poetica. Introduzione e commento di M. NOUSSIA, traduzione di M. FANTUZZI, Milano, BUR, 2001 (e successive edizioni);
2) L. LODDO, Solone demotikotatos. Il legislatore e il politico nella cultura democratica ateniese, Milano, LED, 2018 (https://www.ledonline.it/public/files/journals/2/879-3/solone-demotikotatos.pdf).
3) D. MUSTI, «Demokratia». Origini di un'idea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1995, pp. 3-102.
1) Lisia, Orazioni Contro Nicomaco (XXX) e Contro Diogitone (XXXII), in Lisia. Orazioni XVI-XXXIV. Introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di E. MEDDA, Milano, BUR, 1995;
2) M. PELLEGRINO, Introduzione all'oratoria greca. Autori e testi di età classica, Roma, Carocci, 2021.
3) Un testo a scelta tra:
- L. PEPE, Atene a processo: il diritto ateniese attraverso le orazioni giudiziarie, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2019;
- M. BONAZZI, Processo a Socrate, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam is oral and aims at ascertaining knowledge of the topics dealt with during the course, also by means of a critical discussion of ancient sources and modern scholarship.
Assessment criteria are the following: ability to organize knowledge through discourse; ability to reason critically with regard to the topics considered; critical awareness of the problems of method posed by the study of ancient society and by the use of ancient sources; ability to present topics and express oneself with the specialist language appropriate to the discipline.
Marks are out of 30.
Assessment criteria are the following: ability to organize knowledge through discourse; ability to reason critically with regard to the topics considered; critical awareness of the problems of method posed by the study of ancient society and by the use of ancient sources; ability to present topics and express oneself with the specialist language appropriate to the discipline.
Marks are out of 30.
Unita' didattica A
L-ANT/02 - GREEK HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-ANT/02 - GREEK HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-ANT/02 - GREEK HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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