Philodemus' History of the Academy: Groundwork for a New Innovative Critical Edition

Project Information

AcadHist

Grant agreement ID: 703798

DOI 10.3030/703798

Project closed

EC signature date 14 April 2016

Start date 1 July 2016

End date 30 June 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 168 277,20

EU contribution € 168 277,20

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

Objective

Philodemus’ 'History of the Academy' (PHerc. 1021/1691 and PHerc. 164) contains much otherwise lost information about the development of the Academic school and its most prominent figures, from Plato to Antiochus and Aristus of Ascalon. Now, the research of the last eighteen years has shown that the last edition of this book may considerably be improved upon. This, contrasted with the current availability of pioneering techniques for reading papyri and the possibility of developing completely new and more promising ones, makes it a desideratum of the research to produce a new modern critical edition of this unique book. The primary goal of this project is to lay the foundation for precisely this new edition, paving the way for a new method of editing Herculanean texts. To achieve this goal, the supervisor will directly coach the applicant and work together with him on a daily basis in order to transfer him all the specific papyrological, palaeographical and philological competences necessary for its immediate preparation. In particular, a) they will reconstruct the original anatomy of the roll; b) they will read and transcribe the original text; c) they will produce a reliable and updated critical text through a new editorial system; d) they will produce an open-access electronic edition of it through a dedicated open-source digital platform, engaging the scholarly community in an on-going and on-line collaborative review in progress of it; e) they will submit significant portions of the new critical text, with introduction and commentary, to top-ranking peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Fields of science

• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › philosophy › history of philosophy › ancient philosophy
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › anatomy and morphology
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › philosophy › metaphysics
• humanities › languages and literature › literature studies › history of literature

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

• Net EU contribution: € 168 277,20
• Address: PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 ; 00185 Roma ; Italy
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: € 168 277,20