The course aims to consolidate the knowledge of Greek and Latin grammar rules as well as to teach the basic philological method applied to Greek and Latin texts. Special attention is also paid to the in-depth study of post-classical Greek and late Latin by reading a large number of original texts (whose textual aspects are also sometimes examined). Finally, information on consultation tools (including computer ones) for the study of the two languages​​ is given too.
Frontal lessons.
A. Reference tools for the study of the Greek and Latin language (1 ECTS);
B. Principles of Greek and Latin philology and grammar (4 ECTS);
C. Reading of Greek and Latin texts in original language (3 ECTS);
D. Special contents (1 ECTS).
A. Reference tools for the study of the Greek and Latin language (1 ECTS).
Texts:
- G. Bolognesi - B. Zucchelli, Profilo storico-critico degli studi linguistici greci, in Introduzione allo studio della cultura classica, vol. 3, Milano, Marzorati, 1974, pp. 359-363, 379-390, 410-419 e 432-440;
- G. Bolognesi - B. Zucchelli, Profilo storico-critico degli studi linguistici latini, in Introduzione allo studio della cultura classica, vol. 3, Milano, Marzorati, 1974, pp. 495-504, 527-539, 550-557 e 573-586.
B. Principles of Greek and Latin philology and grammar (4 ECTS).
In addition to the study of Greek and Latin grammar rules (a handbook for Italian high school can be used for this), post-classical Greek and late Latin will be examined in depth. A basic knowledge of Greek and Latin philology is also required.
Texts:
- O. Hoffmann - A. Debrunner - A. Scherer, Storia della lingua greca, vol. 2, Il greco postclassico: questioni e caratteri fondamentali, prefazione di M. Gigante, Napoli, Macchiaroli, 1969, pp. 7-126;
- E. Löfstedt, Il latino tardo. Aspetti e problemi, con una nota e appendice bibliografica di G. Orlandi, Brescia, Paideia Editrice, 1980, pp. 7-59, 99-254 e 345-349.
- M. Scialuga, Introduzione allo studio della filologia classica, Alessandria, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2003, pp. 1-136.
C. Reading of Greek and Latin texts in original language (3 ECTS).
- Sophocles, Antigone 441-507;
- Herodotus, Histories 6.110-117;
- Polybius, Histories 1.61-62;
- Plautus, Aulularia 1-54;
- Horace, Satires 1.9;
- Livy, Ab Urbe condita 21.26.6-28.12.
D. Special contents (1 ECTS).
The Language of Greek and Latin Technical and Scientific Works: Aspects and Problems.
Bibliographical references:
- V. Ortoleva, A proposito di una recente edizione dell’Epitoma rei militaris di Vegezio, «Emerita» 74, 2006, pp. 47-75.
- V. Ortoleva, Palladio 3,30: un autentico caso di nominativus pendens?, in Latin vulgaire - Latin tardif, IXe Colloque international 2-6 septembre 2009, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon 2012, pp. 235-252.
- V. Ortoleva, Lat. Taurura e Gregorio di Nazianzo De vita sua 126, «Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione classica» 141, 2013, pp. 123-136.
Problems of Textual Criticism in Catullus.
Bibliographical references:
- V. Ortoleva, Catullo 107.7-8, «Sileno» 33, 2007, pp. 139-149.
- V. Ortoleva, Catullo 62, 22: un problema inesistente (con notazioni su Sen. clem. 1, 6, 3, Apul. met. 3, 2, 1; 3, 10, 3; 6, 9, 1 e Don. Ter. Eun. 508, 2), «Museum Helveticum» 2020 (eFirst), pp. 1-11.
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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.