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(in Polish) Sport i widowiska w świecie antycznym na podstawie inskrypcji i papirusów

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Course ID: 2800-DWSPO-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Sport i widowiska w świecie antycznym na podstawie inskrypcji i papirusów
Organizational unit: Faculty of Archeology
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: (unknown)
Type of course:

general courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

During the lecture, questions connected with sport and spectacles in Greek and Roman antiquity will be discussed with the use of epigraphical and papyrological documentation

Full description:

Sport and spectacles of various kinds (theatre, musical, gladiatorial, hippical) were an important element of life of the ancient Greek and Roman societies. They will be discussed during the lecture using the epigraphical and papyrological documentation. Following subjects will be touched upon: sport and physical exercises as element of ethos of the Greek society; rise and development of Greek sport games from the archaic period until Roman Imperial times; organization and program of theatrical and musical contests; popular thetrical spectacles; gladiatorial spectacles as a characteristics of the Roman life; Greek and Roman hippical spectacles; rise and development of professional organizations of sportsmen and artists of Dionysos.

Bibliography:

D. Słapek, Sport i widowiska w swiecie antycznym, Warszawa 2010

S.G. Miller, Starożytni olimpijczycy, Warszawa 2006

Learning outcomes:

General orientation in the field of ancient agonistics and the Greek as well as Latin epigraphy and papyrology.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Attending the lecture, passing through the final exam (the subject of the exam covers with the subject of the lecture).

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators: Adam Łajtar
Group instructors: Adam Łajtar
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Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
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