Integrative teaching
Federico Figura, Stefano Bruni
Exercises
Examination procedure
Seminars
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Greek history and ancient languages. The class is mainly devoted to undergraduate students
Syllabus
The course focuses on the historical phenomenon of the colonization during the Archaic period and analyses the main foundations (apoikiai) in the ancient Mediteranean, from the coasts of the Black Sea to Magna Graecia and Sicily to the Northern coasts of Africa. After an introduction on the recent historiographic debate, part 1 investigates the forms of settlement and contact with local populations; part 2 is dedicated to the most important monuments and artistic inventions, from architecture to ceramics, from coroplastic to numismatic. Within the course, a specific class (20 hours) will be dedicated to the Greeks in Etruria (prof. S. Bruni), present differentiate cases of the dynamic relationship between the two cultures, in Campania, Etruria and Padania area, and offer an introduction to Etruscan language and epigraphy. An Archaeology Lab will provide an introduction to archeological materials and typologies. Furthermore, visits to museums and archaeological sites will be organized during the academic year.
Bibliographical references
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Bugno, Maurizio, and Concetta Masseria, eds. 2001. Il mondo enotrio tra il VI e il V secolo a.C. Atti dei seminari napoletani (1996-1998). Napoli: Loffredo Editore (Quaderni di Ostraka 1.1)
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Denti, Mario 2013. “The contribution of research on Incoronata to the problem of the relations between Greeks and Non-Greeks during proto-colonial times.” Ancient West & East 2013, 12:71-116
Denoyelle, Martine, and Mario Iozzo. 2009. La céramique grecque d'Italie méridionale de Sicile. Productions coloniales et apparentées, du VIIIe au IIIe siècle av. J.C. Paris: Picard
Fischer-Hansen, Tobias, Thomas Heine Nielsen, Carmine Ampolo, eds. 2004. “Italia and Kampania.” In An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. An investigation conducted by the Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation, 249-320. Oxford: Oxford University Press
La Torre, Gioacchino Francesco. 2011. Sicilia e Magna Grecia. Archeologia della colonizzazione greca d’Occidente, Bari: Editori Laterza
Lombardo, Mario. 2009. “Da apoikia a metropoleis. Dal progetto al convegno.” In Colonie di colonie: le fondazioni ‘subcoloniali’ greche tra ‘colonizzazione’ e ‘colonialismo’, edited by M. Lombardo and F. Frisone (Lecce 2006), 17-30. Galatina: Congedo Editore
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Yntema, Douwe Geert. 2011. “Archaeology and the origo myths of the Greek apoikiai.” Ancient West & East 10: 243-66