Università Roma Tre

COURSE NAME
Ancient Greek Literature L.M. II

BACHELOR’S / MASTER’S DEGREE
Master’s Degree

SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR
L-Fil-Let/02

UNIT TITLE (Number of hours; Number of ECTS)
The Genos of the Atridae “before Aeschylus”: Euripides’ Orestes.
36 hours; 6 ECTS

PROFESSOR
Adele-Teresa Cozzoli

SEMESTER
II semester

GOMP CODE

EXAMINATION TYPE (Oral, Written)
Oral

PRELIMINARY KNOWLEDGE
Preliminary knowledge of Ancient Greek Language is required.
It is important that students attend as many classes as possible.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course will focus on Euripides’ Orestes, a tragedy which treats the well-known myth of the Atridae. Euripides stages his play around 50 years after Aeschylus’ Oresteia, which is re-interpreted and “re-semantized” with relation to a new historical context.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
In order to have a wide perspective on ancient drama and to delve into Euripides’ corpus, it is recommended to read the following texts:
E. Medda - V. Di Benedetto, La tragedia sulla scena, Einaudi, Torino 1997
V. Di Benedetto, Euripide: teatro e società, Einaudi, Torino 1971.
As for Euripides original text, it is recommended to use a current translation of the text, but also Diggle’s edition:
J. Diggle, Euripides, III, Clarendon Press (Oxford Classical Texts), Oxford 1994.

PROFESSOR’S E-MAIL ADDRESS
adeleteresa.cozzoli@uniroma3.it

BIBLIOGRAPHY
In order to have a wide perspective on ancient drama and to delve into Euripides’ corpus, it is recommended to read the following texts:
E. Medda - V. Di Benedetto, La tragedia sulla scena, Einaudi, Torino 1997
V. Di Benedetto, Euripide: teatro e società, Einaudi, Torino 1971.
As for Euripides original text, it is recommended to use a current translation of the text, but also Diggle’s edition:
J. Diggle, Euripides, III, Clarendon Press (Oxford Classical Texts), Oxford 1994.