REBcB02 Cultural Topography of Greece I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Simone Sumelidu (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 zrusena M25
Prerequisites
No specific demands.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Geographical-culture lecture about regions of Greece (Peloponnese, Thessaly, Macedonia, Aegean Islands, …) and areas historically connected to Greece (Asia Minor, Cyprus, …), outline of Greek cultural and mythological topography.
Syllabus
  • Definition of Greek world in different phases of Antiquity.
  • Outline of Greek cultural and mythological topography: places of the most significant monuments, mythical pilgrimages and events, main places of worship of individual gods, oracles, spas, games, theatre festivals.
  • Aegean Islands: Cyclades, Crete, Santorini – Minoan civilization, …
  • Peloponnese: Mycenae, Argos – Mycenaean civilization, Olympia – Olympic games, Epidaurus – ancient theatre, Corinthus, Bassai – ancient temples
  • Central Greece: Athens, Sunion, Delphes, …
  • Thessaly: Dimitrias, Iolkos
  • Epidaurus: Dodona, Nicopolis, …
  • Macedonia: Vergina, Pella, Dion, Amfipolis, Thessaloniki
  • Thrace: Abdera, …
  • Asia Minor
  • Magna Craecia
Literature
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín and Dagmar BARTOŇKOVÁ. Řecké ostrovy : průvodce do zahraničí. 1. vydání. Praha: Olympia, 1998, 158 stran. ISBN 8070334975. info
  • FORSSYTH, Phyllis. Thera in the Bronze Age. New York: American University Press, 1997, 228 pp. ISBN 0-8204-4889-3. info
  • MASTRAPAS, Antonis. Elliniki architektoniki. Atény, 1994, 223 pp. ISBN 960-354-000-5. info
  • BARTOŇKOVÁ, Dagmar and Antonín BARTONĚK. Řecko (Greece.). Praha: Olympia, 1993. ISBN 27-032-93. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Řecko, Turecko, Kypr. Vyd. 1. Praha: Olympia, 1985, 346 s. info
  • ANDRONIKOS, Manolis. Verjina, vasiliki tafi. 1984. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Zlaté Mykény. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1983, 300 s. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Světem starých Řeků. Praha, 1977. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Zlatá Egeis. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1969, 357 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures and home work (reading of particular texts; orientation in maps).
Assessment methods
Written test consisting of 15 multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 75 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
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