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 qualified professionals who will have the opportunity to study and philologically understand every kind of poetic composition coming from ancient Greece. It will also allow the rigorous interpretation of the verses and the metrical layout of poetic texts. This skill will support a more conscious teaching practice and specialized critical and editorial activity.

The course consists of four days of school and workshops complemented by two evening lectures and concluded by a final examination and a final round table discussion (on the fifth day).

The 2024 programme is as follows:

"Saying" with metre-rhythms. Relationship between metrics, rhythmics and semantics in the songs of ancient Greece.

Summer School of Greek Metrics and Rhythmics 2024, Carlo Bo University of Urbino

School

2 September 2023, 3.00-7.00 pm

Liana Lomiento

a. Introduction to ancient Greek metre theory. b. ‘Saying’ with metre-rhythms in lyric poetry.

3 September 2023, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm

Giampaolo Galvani, Giovanna Pace

Saying with metre-rhythms in Attic Tragedy

3 settembre 2023, 3.15 - 5.00 pm

Lab 1 (a. Introduction to ancient Greek metre theory and diplasion rhythm measures. b. ‘Saying’ with metre-rhythms in lyric poetry, Liana Lomiento)

3 September 2023, 5.30 - 7.00 pm

Evening Lecture

Raffaella Viccei, Achille-Ettore, vincitore-vinto, alto-basso, vita-morte: ritmo e semantica nella ceramografia attica di VI e V sec. a.C.

4 September 2023, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm

Luigi Bravi

Saying with metre-rhythms in Attic Comedy

4 September 2023, 3.15 - 5.00 pm

Lab 2 (Saying with metre-rhythms in Attic Tragedy, Giampaolo Galvani, Giovanna Pace)

4 September 2023, 5.30 - 7.00 pm

Evening Lecture

Joan Silva Barris, Significant Rhythms in Agamemnon: the stasima and the anapaestic sections

5 September 2023, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm

Lab 3 (Saying with metre-rhythms in Attic Comedy, Luigi Bravi)

5 September 2023, 3.15 - 6.00 pm

Lab 4 (Final Exam, L. Lomiento, G. Galvani, G. Pace, L. Bravi)

6 September 2023, 9.30 am - 2.00 pm

Round Table

Saying with metre-rhythms and with music. Relationship between metrics, rhythm, melodic design and semantics in songs from ancient Greece to the Latin poets

9.30 – 9.40 Welcome Greetings

chair: G. Pace (University of Salerno)

9.40 – 10.10 Massimo Raffa, University of Salento, L'anima in quattro note: i generi armonici tra filosofia e teoria musicale

10.10 – 10.40 Il Kweon Sir, University of Cambridge, When Metres Speak: Metrical Semantics in Greek Lyric

10.40-11.10 Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.30 Presentation of the Bruno Gentili Award, VIII Edizione (L. Lomiento, Carlo Bo University of Urbino)       

chair: G. Galvani (Carlo Bo University of  Urbino )

11.30 – 12.00 Stefano Novelli, University of Cagliari, Dalla rhesis al kommòs: schermaglie verbali nel primo episodio dei Sette contro Tebe

12.00 - 12-30 Roberto M. Danese, Carlo Bo University of Urbino , La ‘follia’ anapestica di Alcesimarco nella Cistellaria di Plauto

12.30 - 13.30 Discussion

13.30 – 13.45 Conclusions: L. Bravi (“G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara)

Final Written Test. The final written examination will consist of an exercise in scansion and metric-rhythmic interpretation of a piece drawn from ancient Greek poetry, with an open discussion of the evidence.

All enrolled candidates will be guaranteed board and lodging in the ERDIS (Ente Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio) facilities and the teaching materials required for study and laboratory activities (stationery, photocopies, etc.). Enrolled students will be accommodated at the Hotel Piero della Francesca at Viale Comandino 53. It is a 15-minute walk from the city centre and 3 minutes by bus. The bus stop is right in front of the facility. The facility offers 94 beds distributed over four levels with lift access, divided into 33 double and 28 single rooms. All rooms have a private bathroom, air conditioning, television, desk, hairdryer and private balcony. The rooms are also equipped with bed linen, towels and blankets. There is no mini-fridge. Breakfast service is not available.

For meals, male and female students can use the Mensa del Duca, located in the city centre, via Budassi, 3.

Those not wishing to use the residential facilities and facilities indicated above will not be reimbursed for any living expenses incurred.

The certificate of attendance, conditional on attending the teaching activities and passing the final examination, guarantees the acquisition of 4 CFU.

At the end of the Summer School, the Bruno Gentili Prize will be awarded to the best thesis author on the occasion of the Round Table.