90567 - Classical Philology II (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will have improved her/his skills and specialist knowledges in the field of Classical Philology; (s)he will be able to discuss and assess specific cases involving the main concepts, tools and methods of stemmatics, history of tradition, textual criticism; (s)he will have developed a full historical awareness of the dynamics that underlie the formation and transformation of texts in a long-term perspective

Course contents

Starting with the academic year 2019/2020, the teaching of Classical Philology is divided into two courses: Classical Philology 1 (Federico Condello), and Classical Philology 2 (Lucia Floridi). The two courses can be chosen as autonomous and independent, or they can be attended both, in an ideal continuity: Classical Philology 1 will deal especially with the main problems concerning the principles of recensio, stemmatology, examinatio, and emendatio. Classical Philology 2 will deal with case-studies concerning the history of Greek and Roman textual tradition, chosen to test the main principles of the discipline.

Classical Philology 2

The case-studies analysed in this course intend to represent centuries-old stories of textual transmission (Anthologia Palatina, Ausonius).

Readings/Bibliography

Required readings:

1) P. Maas, Critica del testo, translation by Nello Martinelli, presentazione di Giorgio Pasquali, con lo Sguardo retrospettivo 1956 e una nota di Luciano Canfora. – 3a ed., 2a rist., Firenze, Le Monnier, 1980. An useful commentary is E. Montanari, La critica del testo secondo Paul Maas: testo e commento, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2003

2) G. Pasquali, Storia della tradizione e critica del testo, premessa di D. Pieraccioni, Firenze, Le Lettere, 1988 (ed. or. Firenze, Le Monnier, 1952), pp. 1-108, 185-247, 395-465.

Specific bibliography (selected case-studies):

Greek Anthology

A. Cameron, The Greek Anthology. From Meleager to Planudes, Oxford 1993 (pp. 1-343)

Two of the following: L. Argentieri, Epigramma e libro. Morfologia e storia delle raccolte epigrammatiche premeleagree, ZPE 121, 1998, 1-20; L. Argentieri, Meleager and Philip as Epigram Collectors, in P. Bing-J.S. Bruss (eds), Brill’s Companion to Hellenistic Epigram, Leiden 2007, 147-164; L. Floridi-F. Maltomini, Sui contenuti e l’organizzazione interna di P.Vindob. G 40611 (CPR XXXIII), Aegyptus 94, 2014 (= 2016), 19-62; L. Floridi-F. Maltomini, Nuova edizione commentata di P.Stras. P. gr. 2340. La più antica antologia epigrammatica su papiro?, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 65/2, 2019, 243-270; M.D. Lauxtermann, The Palladas Sylloge, Mnemosyne 50, 329-337; F. Maltomini, Nove epigrammi ellenistici rivisitati (PPetrie II 49b), «ZPE» 134, 2001, pp. 55–66; F. Maltomini, Greek Anthology from the Hellenistic Age to the Byzantine Era: A Survey, in C. Henriksén (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Epigram, Hoboken, NJ 2019, 211-228; A. Turyn, Demetrius Triclinius and the Planudean Anthology, «ΕΕΒΣ» 39-40, 1972-1973, 403-450

Ausonius

 R.P.H. Green, The Works of Ausonius: with Introduction and Commentary, Oxford 1991, pp. xli-xlix; L. Mondin, Storia e critica del testo di Ausonio. A proposito di una edizione recente, «Boll. st. lat.» 23, 1993, pp. 59-96; L. Mondin, In margine alla nuova edizione di Ausonio, «Prometheus» 20, 1994, pp. 150-170

Non-attending students are requested to contact the teacher in due advance so as to define a specific programme.

Teaching methods

Lectures in class; Seminars.

Assessment methods

A viva voce examination will test the ability of (a) understanding, translating and discuss in a philological perspective the case-studies analyzed during the class; (b) discussing and evaluating the critical readings proposed in the bibliography of the course

Assessment guidelines:
Failing grades: lack of basic linguistic knowledge and inability to produce a correct interpretation of the text.
Passing grades: linguistic and philological proficiency at an intermediate level; interpretation of the texts mostly correct, but inaccurate and lacking autonomy.
Excellent grades: linguistic and philological proficiency at an upper-mid level; interpretation of the texts not only correct, but performed with autonomy and precision.

Teaching tools

During the class we will make use of all the traditional or digital tools for the Classical Philology.

Online teaching materials: Pdf files of texts, slides, images of manuscripts and additional bibliography will be uploaded to the website of the course at the link "Materiali didattici".

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Floridi