4TH SEMESTER

This course is a detailed introduction to the emergence, growth and collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, which appeared in Mainland Greece and the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age, or the second half of the 2nd millennium BC. It focuses on the topography of major sites and their material culture, including the citadels and palaces, the basic tomb types and the various arts and crafts, such as pottery, frescoes and metal work, ivory, seals and jewelry. Such a review of Mycenaean material culture aims to illuminate the structure and function of Late Bronze Age society in mainland Greece and the Aegean, including its economic and cultural connections with the east and central Mediterranean.

75401 / 8 ECTS

This course explores the methods for approaching, analyzing and contextualizing Greek art especially during the Archaic and Classical era (7th - 4th century BC). Through carefully chosen examples and case studies it demonstrates how to ‘read’ and interpret the subject matter and narrative of ancient Greek artifacts and how to reconstruct the context for which they were made, distributed, used and/or re-used, and even destroyed or discarded - in some cases. The course explores a variety of media, including sculpture, pottery, painting, terracotta, and metalwork. It also provides important background study of Greek myths based on their visual representations and their literary narrations, particularly in epic and tragedy. Moreover, it addresses broader cultural questions by touching upon topics such as identity, gender, and relationships to surrounding cultures.

75402 / 8 ECTS

The course will be an extended introduction to Greek inscriptions engraved on stone or metal and their importance for Ancient Greek history. These are documents of various types, which shed light on different aspects of public and private life: decrees of cities, leagues or associations, edicts and letters of kings and emperors, treaties, arbitrations, land-leases, donations, manumissions, honorary and funerary inscriptions, dedications, defixiones etc. They will be examined as pieces of evidence not only for Ancient Greek political, social and economic history but also for the history of institutions, religion and beliefs. The analysis of these texts will also examine issues related to historical topography and prosopography.

75403 / 8 ECTS

This course aims to further develop students’ knowledge of the Greek language from the level achieved at the end of Greek III to the point where they will have consolidated all regular grammar forms and syntactical constructions and be able to read and translate original Greek texts.

75404 / 3 ECTS

This course aims to further develop students’ knowledge of the Latin language from the level achieved at the end of Latin III to the point where they will have consolidated all regular grammar forms and syntactical constructions and be able to read and translate original Latin texts.

75404 / 3 ECTS