ANCIENT GREEK POETRY

Course Information
TitleΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΙΗΣΗ / ANCIENT GREEK POETRY
CodeΑΕΦ143
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolPhilology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID280000595

Programme of Study: UPS School of Philology 2015

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Klasikīs FilologíasCompulsory Course belonging to the selected specialization (Compulsory Specialization Course)Winter/Spring-12

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600100410
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
(a) to offer the students a panoramic view of Greek poetry from the archaic to the classical period. (b) to help students read in the original an extended and representative series of poetic texts that have not been taught in the general curriculum. (c) to help students acquire the ability to read poetry with ease.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This class is designed exclusively for classics majors. It consists in a global (literary, linguistic, metrical) presentation of a corpus of poetic texts from the archaic to the classical period. Special emphasis is given to issues pertaining to the creation and evolution of poetic genres, their basic characteristics, structure, and content, as well as special questions associated to the study of major poets like Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.4
Exams29710.6
Total33612
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Τα υπομνήματα που είναι διαθέσιμα στη ΝΕ γλώσσα για τα ποιητικά έργα που είναι στην ύλη Εισαγωγή στην Αρχαία Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία (ή Lesky ή Easterling-Knox ή Montanari) Εγχειρίδιο Aρχαίας Ελληνικής Μετρικής
Additional bibliography for study
Commentaries available in Modern Greek for the poetic texts of the syllabus Any Introduction to the Ancient Greek Literature (either Lesky or Easterling-Knox or Montanari) Books on Greek Meter
Last Update
01-07-2017