Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Studi Umanistici e Internazionali
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Learning Objectives
Themes
The Summer School in Greek Metrics and Rhythmics intends to form a scientific introduction to the metric and rhythmic discipline, to the ancient musical culture, to the main problems linking metric to ecdotics and hermeneutics, with specific reference to the general principles of versification and the history of the discipline, to the notions of ancient prosody, to the metres of recitation, to the lyric metres, to the structures of versification, to the transmission and critical tradition of the versified text, to the notions of ancient rhythmics and music. The survey on the compositional principles of the text will be in dialogue with the analogous survey on the compositional principles in iconography and in the history of ancient art.
Career prospects
Objectives
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.
Contents and structure of the course / Syllabus
Activities of PhD Students
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 2025 programme is as follows:
The Dactylic Rhythm. Practices and Theory from Homer to Contemporary Music
Summer School in Greek Metrics and Rhythmics, 1-5 September 2025
University of Urbino Carlo Bo
School.
The Dactylic Rhythm. Practices and Theory in Lyric Poetry and Attic Theatre
1 September 2025, 15.00-19.00
Liana Lomiento
a. An Introduction to the ancient theory of Greek metres and the 'ison' rhythm measures. b. Dactylic Rhythm in Lyric Poetry.
2 September 2025, 9.00-13.00
Giampaolo Galvani, Giovanna Pace
Dactylic Rhythm in Attic Tragedy.
2 September 2025, 15.15-17.00
Lab 1 (An Introduction to the ancient theory of Greek metres and the 'ison' rhythm measures. b. Dactylic Rhythm in Lyric Poetry. Liana Lomiento)
2 September 2025, 17.30-19.00
Evening Lecture
Raffaella Viccei, Symmetry, Specularity, even Rhythm: Telamons and Caryatids in Sicilian Theatre Architecture
3 September 2025, 9.00-13.00
Luigi Bravi, Loredana Di Virgilio
Dactylic Rhythm in Attic Comedy.
3 September 2025, 15.15-17.00
Lab 2 (Dactylic Rhythm in Attic Tragedy. Giampaolo Galvani, Giovanna Pace)
3 September 2025, 17.30-19.00
Evening Lecture
Joan Silva Barris, Dactylic Controversies
4 September 2025, 9.00-13.00
Lab 3 (Dactylic Rhythm in Attic Comedy, Luigi Bravi, Loredana Di Virgilio)
4 September 2025, 15.15-18.00
Lab 4 (Final Exam, L. Lomiento, G. Galvani, G. Pace, L. Bravi, L. Di Virgilio)
5 September 2025, 9.30-14.00
Tavola rotonda
The Dactylic Rhythm. Practices and Theory from Homer to Contemporary Music
9.30 – 9.40 Welcome Greetings
chair: G. Pace (University of Salerno)
9.40 – 10.10 Mario Cantilena, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Ma, ad Omero, quanto importava la metrica?
10.10 – 10.40 Gianfranco Agosti, University of Pisa, L’importanza dell’accento. La nuova vita dell’esametro greco in età tardoantica
10.40-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10 – 11.30 Presentation of the Bruno Gentili Award, IX Edizione (L. Lomiento, Università di Urbino Carlo Bo)
chair: G. Galvani (University of Urbino Carlo Bo)
11.30 – 12.00 Domenico Giordani, University of Oxford, Ritmi dattilici nella lirica latina arcaica
12.00 - 12-30 Massimo Raffa, University of Salento, “Sei guten Muts!”: le molte vite del dattilo
12.30 - 13.30 Discussion
13.30 – 13.45 Conclusions: L. Bravi (University “G. D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara)
Information about final examination
Course structure and research training
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.
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Professional opportunities
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 in double rooms 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. 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 (included in the admission fee) 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.
How to apply for Greek metrics and rhythmics
- Admission
- Course with free access
- Number of positions
- 40 available
- Useful information
The course is open access but with limited places (40). The enrollment date will count as the date of admission, and the first forty enrolled will be admitted, using a sliding scale if an enrolled person drops out.
- Application procedure
- You can apply from the 02/07/2025 to the 22/08/2025 . Using the online procedure you can register to fill in the application and pay with PagoPA (Credit Card, PayPal) to complete the payment of the admission fee.
- Online registration
- Online registration Registration guidelines
- Tuition fees
Tassa iscrizione: 390 euro da pagarsi in un'unica rata , inderogabilmente entro il 22 agosto 2025 (oltre tale data il pagamento sarà gravato di diritto di mora pari ad euro 40,00).
Il versamento deve essere effettuato utilizzando la modalità disponibile alla voce “pagamenti” del menù a sinistra della pagina web personale dello studente.
La quota è al netto delle spese bancarie. Il contributo di iscrizione è comprensivo delle spese per imposta di bollo e copertura assicurativa. I contributi saranno restituiti solo in caso di non attivazione del Corso, esclusa l'imposta di bollo.
Nel caso in cui il contributo di iscrizione sia pagato da persona diversa dall'interessato o da una istituzione, ente o azienda, questi ultimi dovranno provvedere a versare l'importo secondo le medesime modalità e tempistiche sopraindicate, pena la mancata iscrizione al corso.
Information on teaching and research activities
- Organization
Direttore del corso: Prof.ssa Liana Lomiento, Ordinario di Lingua e letteratura greca, L-FIL-LET/02
A chi rivolgersi
Le informazioni di carattere scientifico e didattico possono essere richieste a:
Segreteria Organizzativa
Dott.ssa Iuna Rossi
Summer School di Metrica e Ritmica Greca
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Studi Umanistici e Internazionali (DiSCUI)
Via Saffi, 15 I-61029 Urbino (PU)
Tel. 0722.304802 - Fax 0722.305652
E-mail: iuna.rossi@uniurb.itProf.ssa Liana Lomiento, (Direttrice della Scuola e Responsabile didattica)
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Studi Umanistici e Internazionali (DiSCUI)
Polo bibliotecario San Girolamo, Via di San Girolamo, 6 I-61029 Urbino (PU)
- Contact
Prof.ssa Liana Lomiento, (Direttrice della Scuola e Responsabile didattica)
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione, Studi Umanistici e Internazionali (DiSCUI)
Polo bibliotecario San Girolamo, Via di San Girolamo, 6 I-61029 Urbino (PU)Contatti
Liana Lomiento - Scientific Responsible
Giampaolo Galvani - Tutor
Contatti
Liana Lomiento
Giampaolo Galvani
- Contacts
- Liana Lomiento
- liana.lomiento@uniurb.it
- Giampaolo Galvani
- giampaolo.galvani@uniurb.it
Administrative contacts
- Secretary’s Office
- Ufficio Dottorati - Post laurea - Esami di Stato
- Via Veterani, 36 - Urbino
- Office hours
- Monday - Friday from 9.30 am to 13pm
- Contacts
- Tel. +39 0722 304637 corsi.postlaurea@uniurb.it
