Sources of the ancient Greek and Roman History

Course Information
TitleΠηγές της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Ιστορίας / Sources of the ancient Greek and Roman History
CodeΑΡΧ 701
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolHistory and Archaeology
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600015969

Programme of Study: PMS stīn Istorikī Éreuna 2024-2025

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Archaías Ellīnikīs kai Rōmaïkīs IstoríasCompulsory CourseWinter/Spring-15
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600127536
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students who attend the course are expected to: analyze the structure of the literary, epigraphic, papyrological and numismatical evidence, compare and correlate the data. understand the meaning of the texts/coins and the historical context, toa translate and make historical commentary on the texts. assess the value of the evidence of the sources practice their skills using the information of the sources for writing a historical essay actively participate in the discussion of scientific problems with the tutor.
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Week 1.Kinds of sources Week 2. The distinctive character of each category and ways of reading. Reliability of sources, impartiality and objectivity. Week 3. Ancient Greek Historiography Week 4. Ancient Greek Historiography Week 5. Ancient Greek literary sources (besides Historiography) Week 6. Greek Epigraphy Week 7. Greek Epigraphy Week 8. Papyrology Week 9. Numismatics Week 10. Latin Historiography Week 11. Latin Historiography Week 12. Latin Epigraphy Week 13. Oral presentation of brief reports by the students.
Keywords
Written sources, Historiography, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Papyri
Educational Material Types
  • Selected Bibliography
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
Lectures39✓
Seminars134
Reading Assigment152✓✓
Written assigments125
Total450
Student Assessment
Description
Students will have to study weekly specific book chapters and articles (in Greek or English) related to the study of the sources and present, orally or in written, brief reports of their critical reading. They will also have to study and comment on specific sources. Students' evaluation will depend on their presentations, their ability to argue and to answer complicated questions based on bibliography and the relevant sources.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
-Ι. Πίκουλας, Εισαγωγή στην Αρχαία Ελληνική Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογνωσία, Αθήνα 2006. -J. Marincola, Greek Historians: Greece and Rome. New Surveys in the Classics No 31. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. -Margherita Guarducci, Η ελληνική επιγραφική από τις απαρχές ως την ύστερη ρωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορική περίοδο, ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα, 2008 -E.G.Turner, Ελληνικοί πάπυροι. Εισαγωγή στη μελέτη και τη χρήση των παπυρικών κειμένων. Μτφρ. Γ.Μ.Παράσογλου, Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, 1981 -C. Howgego, Η αρχαία ιστορία μέσα από τα νομίσματα, (εκδ. 1997), μετάφραση: Ζαχαριάδου Μαργαρίτα, Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, 2009 -H. J. Rose, Ιστορία της λατινικής λογοτεχνίας, Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, 1993
Last Update
26-09-2018