Greek metrics and rhythmics
Summer School

The acquired competence, which arises from the practice of close reading and careful observation of the texts under study, in light of the ancient metric sources and the ancient tradition of lyrical texts, will contribute to the training of professionals able to study and understand, in a manner philologically founded, every type of poetic composition coming from ancient Greece. It will also allow the rigorous interpretation of the verses and the metrical arrangement of poetic texts. This specific skill can support both a more conscious teaching practice and a more specialized critical and editorial activity.

Program:

Monday 4 - 3-7 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Liana Lomiento (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  • Lecture: I. Introduction to ancient Greek meter theory and diplasion rhythm measures
  • II. Iambic Variations in lyric poetry

Tuesday 5 - 09 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Giovanna Pace (University of Salerno), Giampaolo Galvani (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  • Lecture: Iambic Variations in Attic tragedy

Tuesday 5 - 3:15-5:00 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Liana Lomiento (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  • Workshop I

Tuesday 5 - 5:30-7:15 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula Clemente XI)

• Raffaella Viccei (Catholic University of Milan)
  • Evening lecture: Dionysian Poikilia in the iconography of the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

Wednesday 6 - 09 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Luigi Bravi (University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio")
  • Lecture: Iambic Variations in ancient Comedy

Wednesday 6 - 3:15-5:00 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Giovanna Pace (University of Salerno), Giampaolo Galvani (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
  • Workshop II

Wednesday 6 - 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula Clemente XI)

• Joan Silva Barris (Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica)
  • Evening lecture: From Sappho to Seikilos: metre and music in variations which include iambic syllabic sequences

Thursday 7 - 09 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Luigi Bravi (University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio")
  • Workshop III

Thursday 7 - 15.15-18.00 (Palazzo Albani, Aula C1)

• Final Exam

Round Table: Metrical, Rhythmical and Melodic Variations in the Songs of Ancient Greece

Friday 8- 9:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Palazzo Albani, Aula Clemente XI)

• Chair: Giovanna Pace (University of Salerno)
  • 9.15 Welcome greetings
  • 9.30-10.10 Massimo Raffa (University of Salento) - Melody and its variations. The metabolé as a practical resource and a compositional tool.
  • 10.10 - 10.50 Eleonora Rocconi (University of Pavia) - Between Praise and Blame: the Construction of an Aesthetics of poikilia in Greek Rhythmics
  • 10.50 - 11.15 Break
  • 11.15 - 11.30 Liana Lomiento will deliver the Bruno Gentili Prize
  • Chair: Giampaolo Galvani (University of Urbino)
  • 11.30 - 12.10 Domenico Giordani (Oxford LMH College)
    • Principles of Rhythmical Variation in plautinian cantica
  • 12.10 - 12.50 p.m. Loredana Di Virgilio (University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio")
    • Types and uses of metrical and rhythmical variations in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazuse
  • 12.50 - 14.00 Luigi Bravi (University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio")
  • Discussion and final remarks

Final Written Test

The Summer School in Greek Metrics and Rhythmics is addressed to Italian and foreign students, non-graduates and graduates (undergraduates, masters), PhD students and PhDs; it is also addressed to teachers of classical high schools or other schools interested in classical metrics, and to all scholars and colleagues interested in the history of the poetic forms of ancient Greece.

The necessary requirement is sufficient knowledge of ancient Greek language.

All registered candidates will be guaranteed food and accommodation in the structures of the ERDIS (Regional Body for the Right to Education), and the educational material necessary for the conduct of study and laboratory activities (stationery, photocopies, etc.). ). In particular, the members will be housed in the Central International College, Vicolo San Filippo, 2, in double rooms (with special needs that will be communicated beforehand to the organization) and will use the Mensa del Duca, located in the immediate vicinity, Via Budassi, 3.

For those who do not want to use the residential facilities and facilities described above, no reimbursement will be made for the costs incurred.

The certificate of participation, which is subordinate to the teaching activity and to passing the final exam, guarantees the acquisition of 4 credits.