Università Roma Tre

The "Greek Literature I LM" course is intended for students who wish to combine the deepening of their knowledge of ancient Greek with the acquisition of valid critical tools for the interpretation of literary texts. The course comprises:
(A) a series of lectures aimed at illustrating the hermeneutic perspectives of the most recent criticism in its various articulations;
(B) the reading, translation and classroom commentary of a selection of texts from Callimachus' Aetia.
Course attendance is optional. Attending students must guarantee attendance at least two-thirds of the lessons (27 out of 40 hours). There is a reduced syllabus for attending students (see section C in Bibliography).

(A) an essential bibliography will be indicated by the lecturer at the beginning of the course; (B) a translation of Callimachus' Aetia with the Greek text is required, e.g. G. B. D'Alessio, Callimachus (BUR: Milan 1996); (C) M. Fantuzzi - R. L. Hunter, Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (CUP: Cambridge 2004). Attending students are not required to prepare for this volume.

Hymn between ritual performance e literature. Callimachus and the others
Hymn it the typical literary genre in Hellenistic age: not only court’s Poets are engaged in it, but also the professional poets who wandered throughout in Greece. During the class, Callimachus’ other authors Hymns will be read to analyze and study local mythological and ritual features, literary references in link also with the historical phenomenon of the so called wandering poets. The students, during this class, could also improve their knowledge of the Greek Metric, especially Hellenistic hexameters.

B.M. Palumbo, Teocrito Idilli ed Epigrammi, Milano 1993, ristampa 2021, BUR.
G. B. D’Alessio, Callimaco I-II, Bur Milano 2007,
Adele Teresa Cozzoli, Poeta e Filologo. Studi di poesia ellenistica, Roma 2012 (Herder edizioni)
For Greek Metric: B. Gentili- L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storie delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Mondadori Università 2003, 3-95; Maria Chiara Martinelli, Gli Strumenti del Poeta, Cappelli editore 1995
S. Stephens, Callimachus. The Hymns, Oxford 2015
M. Fantuzzi-R. Hunter, Muse e Modelli, La poesia ellenistica da Alessandro Magno ad Augusto, Laterza Bari 2002