Ateneo - UPO

Greek History

It is essential the study of an handbook selected among the following:
- M. Bettalli, A. D'Agata, A. Magnetto, Storia greca, Carocci, Roma
- M. Giangiulio (a cura di), Introduzione alla storia greca, Il Mulino, Bologna
- A. Momigliano, Manuale di storia greca, UTET Università, Torino
-C. Bearzot, Manuale di storia greca, Il Mulino, Bologna
- D. Musti, Introduzione alla storia greca, Laterza, Bari-Roma.
The students who cannot attend the lessons must know also the following handbook: G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche della Grecia in età classica, il Mulino, Bologna. Any further bibliographical information, or further material will be provided during the lessons. Recommended readings:
A. Visconti, M. Lanzillo, Archaiologhìa. Ricostruire una storia greca, Tiotinx 2020.
G. Squillace, Memorie di Clio,
UTET Università,
Torino, 2019.

The course aims to provide the student: 1) knowledge and skills: it is intended to provide a basic knowledge of the main events in Greek history, the institutions of the main poleis and their social and political dynamics. An in-depth study of some issues will provide students with the skills to critically analyze events in order to also approach issues of the historiographical method;
2) ability to apply knowledge and skills: students will be led to apply knowledge and skills acquired to tackle the analysis of ancient documentary sources and analyze their interpretation in contemporary bibliography,
The assessment of the mentioned objectives will be possible during the examination;
3) expression of judgments: students will be led to have the ability to express judgments autonomously on historical facts, to judge the ideological tendency underlying the story of events in ancient historiographical sources and in modern bibliography;
4) communication skills: the module aims to provide the ability to tell, even in an educational context, a historical fact, to communicate its political, social, economic repercussions, using an appropriate language;
5) study skills: through the study of the manual and listening to the lessons, the student will be guided to the knowledge and understanding of a historical fact; to evaluate its political, social, economic significance, framing it in an appropriate reference context.
At an advanced level, the course aims to provide the student:
- an organic vision of the topics addressed, with the ability to analyze and synthesize;
- ability to critically elaborate the topics dealt with, with full command of the language;
- ability to autonomously investigate particular topics.
The measurement of the indicated objectives will be carried out during the examination.

Historical knowledge and skills acquired in secondary school.

Except for any new rules related to the trend in the spread of covid-19, the didactic strategies adopted consist of lectures. It is possible that some lectures, pertinent to the module, are held by professors from other Universities, guests of the Department. The study of manuals and other material reported by the teacher remains of an individual character.

Class attendance is strongly recommended. The objectives and contents of the course take into account the provisions of Ministerial Decree 616/2017 and its annexes in order to recognize the 24 credits Pre-competition for area D (Methods and teaching technologies) for the competition classes: A11, A12, A13, A19, A22, A70, A71, A72, A73, A74, A75, A78, A77, A79, A80, A81, A82, A83, A84, A85.

The exam is usually held in oral form and consists of three questions; attending students will be asked questions that will verify the knowledge of the topics addressed during the lessons (archaic period up to the 6th century BC, classical period, up to the end of the 4th century and the Hellenistic period). In addition to the questions listed above, non-attending students will also have a question on the text by G. Poma, The political institutions of Greece in the classical age, il Mulino, Bologna. At the request of attending and non-attending students, the exam can also be held in written form, through the administration of three open-ended questions, which will ascertain complete knowledge of the discipline and the student's ability to accurately describe the historical facts, using appropriate language, which is also suitable in a school lesson.
The exam will verify knowledge of the topics in the program (objectives 1-2); the ability to judge (objective 3), the use of appropriate terminology (objective 4); finally, the acquisition of an appropriate study method (objective 5).
The outcome will be positive, if the vote of 18/30 is reached.
To arrive at a full grade, equal to 30/30, students will have to reach.
Full knowledge and understanding of historical facts and related sources,
the ability to place them in the right context and the ability to present their knowledge in appropriate language.
In the final evaluation the first skill will weigh for 80%, the second and third for 10% each.

The main events of ancient Greek history will be examined from the beginning to the Hellenistic kingdoms. Special attention will be given to archaic tyranny, Solonian reforms, Peisistratos and Peisistratids, Cleisthenes’ reforms, Spartan state, Persian wars, pentecontaetia, Peloponnesian war, polis’ crisis, Philip II’s and Alexander the Great’s reigns, Hellenistic kingdoms.

Students are expected to be able to:
1) Knowledge: know the historical events;
2) Skills: critically analyze the events;
3) Transversal skills: explain the events, using a proper terminology.
To achieve an advanced level, the student must demonstrate that he/she possesses:
- an organic vision of the topics addressed, with the ability to analyze and synthesize;
- ability to critically elaborate the topics dealt with, with full command of the language;
- ability to autonomously investigate particular topics.
These results are consistent with the provisions of the SUA of the three-year framework study course A4.b.2.