1) Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the
mechanisms and structures of the Greek language and of a representative
selection of texts in the original language
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
ability to translate texts fluently and to analyze them from a content and
formal point of view in their grammatical, syntactic, stylistic and possibly
metric aspects.
3) Autonomy of judgment: gradual development of the
aptitude for critical reflection through continuous comparison with sources in
the original language.
4) Communication skills: acquisition of a specific
technical vocabulary relating to the formal aspects of the text.
5) Learning ability: ability to select relevant
information in a manual and organize it in a system; acquisition of an
effective translation method.
A - Grammar (3 ECTS)
Thorough study of morphology and syntax of ancient Greek
B - Reading of texts in original language (3 ECTS)
1) Aristotle, Poetics, chaptt. 1-6
2) Herodotus, The Histories I 23-45
3) Corpus Hippocraticum, De prisca medicina, chapters 1-7 and 20-21
4) Gorgias, Encomium of Helen
5) Plutarch, Life of Alexander, chaptt. 1, 6, 13-14, 26-27
6) Lucian, Dialogues of the gods 5-7, 11-13
7) Marcus Aurelius, Ad se ipsum, book II.
A - Grammar (3
ECTS)
A. Aloni, La lingua dei Greci, Roma 2012,
pp. 318, o an aquivalent book to be chosen in accordance with the teacher.
B - Reading of texts in original language (3 ECTS)
1) Aristotele, Dell’arte poetica,
a cura di C. Gallavotti, Milano, Fondazione “Lorenzo Valla”, 1974, pp. 2-27;
2) Erodoto, Le storie, I: La Lidia e la Persia, a c. di D. Asheri, Milano, Fondazione “Lorenzo
Valla”, 1988, pp. 26-51 (or any other edition with facing Greek text);
3) Corpus Medicorum
Graecorum I 1. De prisca medicina, ed. I.L. Heiberg, Berlin, Brandenburgische
Akademie der Wissenschaften 1927, pp. 36-40 e 51-52. Italian
translation: M. Vegetti (a cura di), Opere
di Ippocrate, Torino, UTET 1965, pp. 129-139 e 154-158;
4) Gorgia, Encomio
di Elena, testo critico, introduzione, traduzione e note a cura di
F. Donadi, Roma 1982 (or any other edition with facing Greek text);
5) Plutarco, Le vite di Alessandro e Cesare, a cura di D. Magnino, Milano, Rizzoli BUR, 1992, pp. 32-33, 44-47,
62-65, 96-103;
6) Luciano, Dialoghi
di dei e di cortigiane, a cura di A. Lami e F. Maltomini, BUR,
Milano 1986, pp. 202-215, 236-251;
7) Marci Aurelii
Antonini Ad se ipsum libri
XII, ed. J. Dalfen, Leipzig 1987, pp. 9-15. Italian translation: G.
Cortassa (a cura di), Scritti di Marco
Aurelio. Torino 1984, pp. 245-259.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
