010078 VO Religion in the Ancient Greek World (2017W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Thursday
01.02.2018
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Thursday
22.02.2018
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Thursday
26.04.2018
16:45 - 18:15
Seminarraum 3 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Thursday
27.09.2018
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
05.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
12.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
19.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
09.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
16.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
23.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
30.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
07.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
14.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
11.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
18.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
Thursday
25.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral exam (in English).
Permitted Instruments: None.
Oral exam (in English).
Permitted Instruments: None.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
(Beurteilungskriterien) und der Beurteilungsmaßstab (nach Maßgabe von § 59 Abs. 6 UG).
Oral exam (in English).
(Beurteilungskriterien) und der Beurteilungsmaßstab (nach Maßgabe von § 59 Abs. 6 UG).
Oral exam (in English).
Examination topics
Examination topics
Lecture content
Lecture content
Reading list
Reading list
(1) Nongbri, Brent. 2013. Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press.
(2) Parker, Robert. 2011. On Greek Religion. New York: Cornell University Press.
(3) Versnel, Henk. 2011. Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology. Leiden and Boston, MA: Brill.
(4) McCutcheon, Russell T. 2007. Studying Religion: An Introduction. London: Equinox.
(5) Smith, Jonathan Z. 2004. “Religion, Religions, Religious”, in J. Z. Smith, Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, pp. 179-196.
(6) Barbara Graziosi. 2014. The Gods of Olympus: A History. London: Profile Books.
(1) Nongbri, Brent. 2013. Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press.
(2) Parker, Robert. 2011. On Greek Religion. New York: Cornell University Press.
(3) Versnel, Henk. 2011. Coping with the Gods: Wayward Readings in Greek Theology. Leiden and Boston, MA: Brill.
(4) McCutcheon, Russell T. 2007. Studying Religion: An Introduction. London: Equinox.
(5) Smith, Jonathan Z. 2004. “Religion, Religions, Religious”, in J. Z. Smith, Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, pp. 179-196.
(6) Barbara Graziosi. 2014. The Gods of Olympus: A History. London: Profile Books.
Association in the course directory
066 800 M1
Last modified: Fr 03.02.2023 00:13
The aim is to introduce students to the academic study of religion and to the main religious beliefs and practices of ancient Greece, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period and until the establishment of the Roman period (31 BCE).
Students will:
• acquire knowledge of what constitutes ‘religion’ as a category and within Ancient Greek culture, as well as and the various approaches to the academic study of religion in antiquity;
• acquire knowledge of the different myths and ritual practices of ancient Greece, will identify the different and complex nature of the ancient polytheistic religion of Greece, and will be able to compare this vivid ancient religious tradition to the modern monotheistic religions.Description:
A survey of the religious beliefs, myths, and rituals/practices in Ancient Greece, from the Archaic period to the coming of the Roman Empire (31 BCE). More importantly, the course will also examine whether ‘religion’ in Ancient Greece can be understood in the same manner as modern people conceive ‘religion,’ thus offering an intense comparative aspect to the study of Greek antiquity. Given that the term ‘religion’ was not indigenous to Greece, the course will also focus on the problem of classification in the study of religion and whether and how modern people can talk about ancient Greek religiosity by overcoming the obvious anachronism at work.Method:
Lectures with visual and textual material in translation.