ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY

This lecture course is part of the Master's Degree Programme in Ancient Civilisations: Literature, History and Archaeology as a core educational activity in Ancient History (common curriculum), 6 CFU.
In the Curriculum 'Ancient Philology, Literatures and History', this lecture course can be matched to that of Greek Epigraphy sp., giving rise to 12 CFU module 'Ancient Greek History and Epigraphy', or to the that of Greek Historiography, giving rise to 12 CFU module 'Ancient Greek History and Historiography'.
It allows students to acquire notions concerning:
- advanced content, methodological and epistemological skills in the field of Greek history;
- an in-depth knowledge of Greek antiquity in its historical expressions, obtained through direct knowledge of the texts, also philologically investigated, and of all the documentary evidence that contributes to the reconstruction of historical processes;
- advanced methodological skills in the description, reading and interpretation of historical sources;
- interest in the history of studies with particular reference to historiographical aspects;
- knowledge of the main traditional and digital tools (indexes, corpora, image archives) for the research and the updating of the discipline;
- the ability to develop an original scientific presentation.

By attending this course students will be able to:
- read, understand and interpret the main Greek historical sources;
- propose an analytical commentary on historical sources (above all literary), frame them in a historical, chronological and historiographical context, proposing appropriate textual and documentary comparisons, finally explaining their relevance as a historical testimony with particular attention to political and institutional aspects ;
- use the paper and digital tools necessary to update the research; access the main databases of literary and epigraphic texts;
- communicate in oral form using the specific terminology of the discipline;
- propose an original scientific presentation.

Compulsory:
- To follow the course it is necessary to have acheeved the basic notions of the discipline as indicated in the Syllabus concerning the teaching of Greek History for the BA Degree (FT0252 or FT0253, FT0254). Students who have not acquired the necessary skills must contact the teacher in the semester preceding the teaching. In fact, a preparatory training course will be set up within the activities of the DSU Epigraphic laboratory (http://virgo.unive.it/archeolab/index.php?it/264/laboratorio-di-epigrafia-greca ), such as to enable them to effectively follow the course of the MA.
- Adequate knowledge of Italian.

Desirable:
- adequate knowledge of ancient Greek (through high school diploma or university exams).

Comparaison of cultures: Mediterranean and East in dialogue.
"The sacred in time of war": Thucydides experience, the writing of history and the sacred.

Deepening on 5th century Greek history and its conflicts; reflection on war and peace in the Greek world, on Athens and Sparta and the 'third Greece'; balances, strategies, international instruments, local and Mediterranean scenarios of the Peloponnesian war.
Considerations on the "space" of the sacred in Thucydides through the deep meanings of the Greek worldview at war (physical space of the temple, symbolic space of the ritual, verbal space of the oath and the sacred word).

Reading and analysis of the Stories of Thucydides: Greek Text, Recommended edition: Thucydidis Historiae, edd. H.S. Jones and J.E. Powell, Oxford University Press or ed. I.B. Alberti, Romae 1972-2000. Recommended Italian translations: Tucidide, La guerra del Peloponneso, ed by M. Moggi, Milano 1984 or ed. by L. Canfora, Torino 1990. ii. Book: U.Fantasia, Tucidide, La guerra del Peloponneso, Libro II, testo, traduzione e commento con saggio introduttivo, Pisa 2003 (21-59).
P. Schirripa, Il tempio, il rituale, il giuramento. Spazi del sacro in Tucidide, Roma Carocci 2015.

Other materials will be made available to students on the Moodle University IT platform before the start of the course.
Further in-depth bibliography will be recommended during the course.

FOR STUDENTS WHO CAN NOT ATTEND THE LESSONS:
The following texts are added to the reference texts:
P. Desideri, Scrivere gli eventi storici, in I Greci. Storia, cultura, arte, società. I, a cura di S. Settis, Einaudi, Torino 1996, 955-1013.
U. Fantasia, La guerra del Peloponneso, Roma Carocci, 2012.

Students will be evaluated on the basis of four different and complementary aspects:
- active participation in the course during the lectures, which in any case involve the students present in the class (20%)
- the seminar presentation about a specific document object of individual deepening (30%)
- participation in the final collective discussion (15%)
- the final oral exam concerning both the topics presented during the lectures and the aspects discussed during the seminars of the students (35%).

The course has a strong seminar structure, involving the active participation of students both in moments of collective discussion on general problems, and on the occasion of the seminar exhibitions.
It also provides:
- two seminars within the DSU Greek Epigraphy Laboratory in order to know the research projects that take place in it and to deepen the IT online research skills of the students (with the collaboration of the PhD students in the historical disciplines of the Greek world).

Italian

Students are invited to follow also the courses of:
Greek historiography sp. and Greek epigraphy sp.
This course is linked to those of History of the Ancient Near East, Greek Historiography, Assyriology, Egyptology and Ancient Numismatics: all these courses aim to propose a shared reflection on the theme of the comparison of cultures in the Mediterranean, considered under multiple points of view and different types of documents.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development