History of Ancient Greece
Code
711051163
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Leonor Santa Bárbara
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Identification of fundamental dynamics of the Greek world.
b) Articulation of social, political and economical concepts, during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
The Bronze Age
The “Dark Ages” and the “Renaissance”
Archaic Greece
Development of Sparta and Athens
The city-states and the Athenian democracy
The Peloponnesian War
The Athenian oligarchy
The rise of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
The Hellenistic world
Bibliography
Ferreira, José Ribeiro, A Grécia antiga, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2004 (2ª. ed.).
Ferreira, José Ribeiro, Hélade e Helenos. Génese e evolução de um conceito, Coimbra, INIC/CECHUC, 1992Hornblower, Simon, The Greek World (479-323 B. C.), Londres & Nova Iorque, Routledge, 2006 (reimpr.).
Mossé, Claude e Annie Schnapp-Gourbeillon, Síntese de história grega (trad. de C. Carreto).
Martin, Thomas R., Breve história da Grécia clássica. Da Pré-História à época helenística (trad. de Mª. José Figueiredo), Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1998.
Teaching method
Lectures, with analysis and discussion of original texts.
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists in a written essay and a test. The final mark will be the arithmetic mean between the essay’s mark and the test, counting each 50%.