BYZANTINE PHILOLOGY

Byzantine Philology is a course of the "Philology, literatures and history of antiquity" and the "Archaeology" Master's degree in "Science of antiquity: literatures, history and archaeology". The course is also offered as an exam to complement the master's degree course in "History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age".

The students will have acquired:
- knowledge of the content and method of Byzantine literature and philology;
- a knowledge of the Byzantine literary and cultural world in its different periods;
- competence in the critical study of Byzantine texts.

Knowledge of classical Greek, and a preparation, at least elementary, of Greek palaeography is also recommended.

The course is devoted to the "Dialogue" written by Metropolitan Philotheus of Selymbria (14th century).
The course presents the genre of dialogues in Byzantium, the edition of Philotheus' dialogue verified on the author's autograph manuscript
Topics:
1. Byzantine Dialogues (particularly in the 14th century);
2. Metropolitan Philotheus of Selymbria, life and work;
3. The text and its composition: reading and study of the text based on the edition and autograph manuscript.

For the dialogues see A. Cameron - N. Gaul (eds.), Dialogues and Debates from Late Antiquity to Late Byzantium, Routledge, Oxford -New York 2017; A. Ieraci Bio, Il dialogo nella letteratura tardoantica e bizantina, in Spirito e forma della letteratura bizantina, in Actes de la Séance plénière d’ouverture du XXe Congrès International des Études Byzantines (Paris 2001, 19-25 août), a cura di A. Garzya, Napoli 2006, pp. 21-45.
The edition of Philotheus of Selymbria, M. Ch. Bakalopoulou, Athina 1992 and a copy of the manuscript will be made available to students at the beginning of the course.
Other materials at https://moodle.unive.it/

Oral exam 70% + Work on texts during lessons 30%.
Non-attending students are advised to contact the professor for a different program.

Lectures. The presence (constant) for the work on the texts is strongly recommended.

Italian

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