Università Roma Tre

First part of the course in GREEK LITERATURE (Profs. Cozzoli - Giuseppetti): Plato's Phaedrus

The course will take into exam some passages of Plato's Phaedrus, which will provide the basis for a discussion on the most significant aspects of Plato's thought.
The dialogue is set in the surroundings of Athens, in the valley of the river Ilissus. This peaceful and idyllic space is the starting point for reflecting about some of the main themes of Plato's philosophical anthropology: the eros as mania (the famous myth of the winged chariot), the relationship between rhetoric and thruth, the value of the writing.

Possible propedeutics: Students are recommended to attend lessons. The course implies the knowledge of Greek.

Bibliography:

I part: The edition with translation and commentary edited by G. Reale, Platone: Fedro, Milano 1998; for occasional references consult the commentary by H. Yunis, Plato: Phaedrus, Cambridge 2011. Further bibliographical material will be available on the page http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/mgiuseppetti/bacheca/.

II part of the course of GREEK LITERATURE
Title of the course: The Last Euripides and a new dramatical techne. The Iphigeneia at Aulis
What is this tragedy, a plot of different autors which rewrites the text in different period?
The course tries to reading the tragedy solving some philological problems

Bibliography of the second part of the course:
A good knowledge of Historical period and notions of ancient dramaturgy are required. The following text is recommended:G. Mastromarco-P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco, Milano-Mondadori Educatio 2008

With regards to the text of Aristophanes, students can choose any edition provided with translation; the one Aristofane. Le
Rane con commento a cura di D. Del Corno, Lorenzo Valla Mondadori 1985 is recommended.