Classical philology

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context.

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;

3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;

4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.

5) ability to carry out research autonomously.

In particular, the course aims to teach the philological method applied to Greek and Latin texts. After an introductory section devoted to the basis of the discipline (the tradition of the ancient texts, elements of textual criticism and history of classical studies), special attention is devoted to practical examples through the discussion of Greek and Latin passages which present textual and exegetical problems. This activity is parallel to the deepening of language skills, which is pursued by reading a large number of texts in original language. Finally, knowledge of reference tools (including computer ones) is cured for the study of the Greek and Latin philology.

Frontal lessons.

A. Reference tools for the study of the Greek and Latin languages; B. History of classical studies; C. Principles of classical philology; D. Reading of Greek and Latin texts in original language; E. Reading and commenting of passages of authors which present textual or exegetical problems; F. Optional deepening on the history of the classical scholarship.

A. Reference tools for the study of the Greek and Latin languages:

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. History of classical studies:

Text:

- L. Lehnus, Appunti di storia degli studi classici, Nuova edizione riveduta e ampliata, Milano, CUEM, 2007, pp. 1-127.

C. Principles of classical philology:

Text:

- T. Braccini, La scienza dei testi antichi. Introduzione alla filologia classica, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2017, pp. 1-184.

D. Reading of Greek and Latin texts in original language:

- Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.6.4-38 (S. Sciuto, Senofonte. Il libro VII dell’Anabasi, Torino, SEI, 1928, pp. 93-106);

- Herondas, Mimiambs 5 and 7 (Eronda, Mimiambi 5 e 7 (L. Di Gregorio, Eronda, Mimiambi (V-XIII), Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2004, pp. 2-8; 18-29; 43-128; 210-324);

- Lucan, Pharsalia 8.256-455 (M. Anneo Lucano, La guerra civile o Farsaglia, introduzione e traduzione di L. Canali, Milano, Rizzoli, 1981, pp. 485-499);

- Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.1-9 (Apuleio, Metamorfosi, 1, Libri I-III, a cura di L. Graverini e L. Nicolini, Milano, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Mondadori, 2019, pp. 6-19).

E. Reading and commenting of passages of authors which present textual or exegetical problems:

- V. Ortoleva, I nomi del vino in Gregorio Magno epist. 7,37, in Gregorio Magno. Un letterato al governo, Convegno internazionale, Catania 1-2 dicembre 2011, «Auctores nostri» 11, 2012, pp. 89-107;

- V. Ortoleva, Max Ihm e Eugen Oder. A proposito di alcuni autografi recentemente scoperti, «Philologia antiqua» 5, 2012, pp. 49-84;

- V. Ortoleva, Catania. Il cosiddetto arco di Marcello nel Chronicon Urbis Catinae di Lorenzo Bolano, in E. Tortorici (ed.), Topografia antica, 3, Tradizione, tecnologia e territorio 2, Acireale-Roma 2014, pp. 75-84;

- V. Ortoleva, Un frammento inedito di un non identificato trattato di medicina tardolatino, «Revue d’Histoire des Textes» n. s. 10, 2015, pp. 197-214;

- V. Ortoleva, Gli Hermeneumata Celtis: osservazioni a proposito di alcuni studi recenti, «Wiener Studien» 131, 2018, pp. 229-272.

-  V. Ortoleva, Mulomedicina Chironis 3-15 (la pratica del salasso): testo critico, traduzione e commento, «Pallas» 113, 2020, pp. 275-308.

- V. Ortoleva, Φέροικος: un enigma di Cleobulina? (Cratin. fr. 101 K.-A.), «Commentaria Classica» 7, 2020, pp. 169-183.

 

F. Deepening on the history of the classical scholarship:

- L. Lehnus, Incontri con la filologia del passato, Bari, Edizioni Dedalo, 2012, pp. 107-903.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.