HELLINISTIC AND ROMAN PERIOD

Course Information
TitleΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΡΩΜΑΪΚΗ ΕΠΟΧΗ / HELLINISTIC AND ROMAN PERIOD
CodeΑΚΛ607
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID280004782

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600104311
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)
  • German (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
it is commendable to choose this course after successful examination in the courses AKΛ 101 and AKΛ 102.
Learning Outcomes
To get familiar with the topography, the architecture and the monuments of the sanctuaries and the royal cities of the Hellenistic period. Critical use of the bibliography.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The lecture is focused on the Hellenistic kingdoms and especially on the cities of the Hellenistic period with their architecture, and with their main monuments. We will discuss Hellenistic sanctuaries like that of Athena at Lindos/Rhodos and the sanctuary of Asklepios on the island of Kos and we will deal with Hellenistic cities like Aigai (Vergina) and Pella, Pergamon and Alexandria, and the changes which took place in them during the Hellenistic period.
Keywords
Hellenistic period, architecture, sculpture, cities, sanctuaries
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
Lectures with Power-point presentations
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Total
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams: 100%. Attendance is not obligatory, but important.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
J. J. Pollitt, Η τέχνη στην ελληνιστική εποχή (2000).
Additional bibliography for study
G. Gruben, Ιερά και ναοί των αρχαίων Ελλήνων (2000) 445 κ.ε. 454 κ.ε.464 κ.ε. E. V. Hansen, The Attalids of Pergamon (1971). W. Radt, Pergamon. Archaeological Guide (1984). W. Radt, Pergamon. Geschichte und Bauten, Funde und Erforschung einer antiken Metropole (1988). P. M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria I-III (1972). G. Grimm, Alexandria (1998). M. Ανδρόνικος, Βεργίνα. Οι βασιλικοί τάφοι και οι άλλες αρχαιότητες (1984). Στ. Δρούγου - Χ. Σαατσόγλου-Παλιαδέλη, Βεργίνα. Περιδιαβάζοντας τον αρχαιολογικό χώρο (1999). Μ. Σιγανίδου - Μ. Λιλιμπάκη-Ακαμάτη, Πέλλα, πρωτεύουσα των Μακεδόνων (1996).
Last Update
16-09-2016