Course: Archaeology of Magna Graecia and Sicily

Instructor: M.E. Gorrini, BA, MA, PhD Dept. of Humanities, Università degli Studi di Pavia Office: Palazzo San Tommaso, Piazza del Lino, Pavia, Ground Floor, Classics Corridor. The Instructor is available on appointment, please contact her via e-mail ([email protected] )

Prerequisites Previous study of Greek History and/or Greek Archaeology is strongly recommended.

Syllabus The course will examine the phenomenon of colonisation in Magna Graecia and Sicily from both historical and archaeological perspectives. We will analyse in turn the major phases of development and the main architectural, artistic and artisanal productions of several Greek apoikiai in Southern Italy and Sicily from their foundation to the Roman conquest.

1. Introduction and presentation of the course. 2. Definition of Megale Hellas, Magna Graecia, Graecia maior and brief history of the studies. 3. Sicily before the Greeks 4. Magna Graecia before the Greeks. Part 1 5. Magna Graecia before the Greeks. Part 2 6. Colonization: who, where, why. The modern debate. 7. Pithekoussai: the dawn of Magna Graecia. 8. Kyme. Settelement, necropolises, sacred areas. 9. Naxos of Sicily, in the name of Apollo Archegetes. 10. Megara Hyblaea, three attempts and two names 11. Syracuse. The foundation, Ortygia and Achradina 12. Syracuse. Neapolis. An Hellenistic capital city. 13. Posidonia/Paestum and the Heraion of Foce Sele. 14. Akragas, city of Empedocles. 15. Selinus, at the borders with the Phoenicians 17. Morgantina, an indigenous centre of Sicily 18. Pots and plays: some exemples from Magna Graecia (at Milan Museum).

Preliminary reading list: G.F. La Torre, Sicilia e Magna Grecia. Archeologia della colonizzazione greca d’occidente , Laterza Bari 2011. Bennett, Michael J., Aaron J. Paul, Mario Iozzo, and Bruce M. White. 2002. Magna Graecia: Greek Art From South Italy and Sicily. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cerchiai, Lucia, Lorenna Jannelli, and Fausto Longo, eds. 2004. The Greek cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily. Photography by Mark E. Smith. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. Ceserani, Giovanna. 2012. Italy's Lost Greece: Magna Graecia and the Making of Modern Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press. Holloway, R.R., The Archaeology of ancient Sicily, Routledge 2000.

Additional articles and readings will be recommended in every class.

NB The course will be taught in Italian: only if the majority of students will be English speaking, then the course will be taught in English

Final exam: oral (50%) and Paper (50%)