- Docente: Dario Cosi
- Credits: 5
- SSD: M-STO/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0461)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the Course the student knows the history of the studies and different methodologies of the religio-historical research and can use correctly the language and the specific tools. He knows the nature of the sources and problems related to their critical use for the historical reconstruction; it can apply the inquiry methodologies to problems and specific documents. He knows the fundamental aspects of the polytheism and particularly religions of the ancient Greece and Rome, also through the analysis of some monographic argument.
Course contents
Feminine divinity in ancient Greece. Virginity and motherhood.
Teaching methods
The Course consisist of: 30 hours of seminarial teachings (obligatory frequency), held by titular teacher.
The Course also consist of:: approximately 20 hours of supplementary didactics (obligatory frequency), held by collaborators of the teacher.
Assessment methods
The oral examination will aim to verify the understanding of the topics dealt during the Course, the acquisition of the knowledges proposed by the Bibliography prescribed for the individual study and the ability in interpreting documents and linking of research topics and problems.
Teaching tools
The Course includes the utilisation of library and computer lab of the Ancient History Department for researches and texts production.
Office hours
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