ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

A Main course (3 CFU).

Assuming as granted that students have enough knowledge of the historical development of Greek literature, they will apply thoroughly to authors of texts that will be read in original language (to be studied within the frame of their historical and cultural context and of the respective literary genre); moreover, they will present a choice of ten arguments (to be approved by the teacher) covering the whole time span of Greek culture. Among these arguments, tragic and comic theater, historiography, philology and erudition, Jewish Greek literature shall be included. Thorough study of noun and verb with reference to historical grammar is also requested.

B Reading of texts (4 CFU).

1) Callimachus, Aetia, fr. 1 Pfeiffer (prologus); frr. 67 and 75 Pf. (Acontius and Cydippe); fr. 110 Pf. (Berenice's hair); Hymni II and V.

2) Theocritus, Idyllia IV and XIV.

3) Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica III 609-824.

4) Plutarch, The Life of Alexander 1-14; 20-27; 35-55; 60-63; 72-77.

5) Herodas, Mimiambi I and IV.

6) Anonymous, On Sublime, parr. 1-10; 13-15; 33-38; 43-44.

For texts nr. 3), 4) and 6), students will read in Greek the parts listed above, and the whole work in translation.

C Special lectures (2 CFU)

a) Theocritean poetry. Idyllia II, VII, X, XI, XV-XVII.

b) metrical analysis and reading of selected Greek lyric and choral sections of dramas.

A F. Montanari, Storia della letteratura greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1998 (a selection of ten arguments for a total amount of 400-450 pp.).

Recommended text for metrical analysis:

- M.C. Martinelli, Gli strumenti del poeta. Elementi di metrica greca, Cappelli, Bologna 1995, pp. 1-176, 220-225, 233-243, 255-264.

Recommended text for historical grammar:

- A.C. Cassio, Storia delle lingue letterarie greche, Milano, Le Monnier Università, 2008, pp. 1-92.

B 1) R. Pfeiffer, Callimachus, Oxford 1949-1953, vol. I, pp. 1-8, 70-73, 77-84, 112-123; vol. II, pp. 5-9, 30-34.

2) A.S.F. Gow, Theocritus, Cambridge 1952, vol. I, pp. 16-29, 56-67, 86-91, 108-121.

3) Apollonio Rodio, Le Argonautiche, introd. e commento di G. Paduano e M. Fusillo, traduzione di G. Paduano, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1986, pp. 454-479.

4) Plutarco, Le vite di Alessandro e Cesare, a cura di D. Magnino, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1992, pp. 32-65, 78-103, 120-168, 176-186, 202-215.

5) Eronda, Mimiambi I-IV, a cura di L. Di Gregorio, Milano, Vita e pensiero, 1997, pp. 2-11, 18-26.

6) Dionisio Longino, Del sublime, a cura di C.M. Mazzucchi, Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 1992, pp. 2-37, 38-53, 90-105, 112-125.

C a) - M. Ercoles, Stesicoro. Le testimonianze antiche, Bologna 2013, pp. 62-69, 72-92, 236-275, 292-412;

- Stesichorus, The Poems, Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary by M. Davies and P.J. Finglass, Cambridge 2014, pp. 100-102, 104-109, 121-126, 129-142, 157-162;

b) E. Degani - G. Burzacchini (a cura di), Lirici Greci. Antologia. Aggiornamento bibliografico a cura di M. Magnani, Bologna 2005, pp. 8-22, 36-42, 140-146, 157-162, 208-212, 219-221, 232-233, 244-246, 256-257, 290-291.