KU in ANCIENT GREECE XIII

22 May - 21 June 2008

Last update: 26 November 2007

Student REPORTS (topics & dates)

The Hephaisteion, Athens, ca. 445-40 BCE (to be visited 24 May 2008).


Homepage of the Office of Study Abroad: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu.

To contact the Office of Study Abroad: osa@ku.edu.

Application for this program (www.studyabroad.ku.edu/prospective/applications.shtml); deadline is 1 March 2008.

To contact John Younger, the Director of the KU in Greece Program.

THE COURSE
During the summer of 2008 (22 May-22 June) the Department of Classics and the Office of Study Abroad at the University of Kansas will offer a study program on Ancient Greece.

CLSX 570 (variable credit: 3-6 credit hours); ART 505 (HIST and ANTHRO cross-listing are probable). Ancient Greece. (the course satisfies KU's HL [Literature and the Arts] principal course requirement) On-site lectures on the cultures in Greece from Neolithic to Medieval, concentrating on Athens, southern and central Greece, and the Cycladic islands. No exams, one prepared oral report, and four textbooks. Maximum enrollment: 25. Three semester hours or one course credit. John G. Younger

Through readings, walking lectures, and touring the important sites and museums, the student will study the development of the Preclassical, Classical, Roman, and Byzantine cultures in Greece. An immediate contact with the art, architecture, and archaeology will form the basis of the student's appreciation of our classical heritage.

tombstone honoring "Demetria" and "Pamphile", Kerameikos cemetery, Athens, mid 4th cent. BCE (to be visited 7 June 2006)

The texts are:

  • Paul Cartledge, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece (Cambridge Illustrated History) -- paper
  • Robin Barber, The Blue Guide to Athens -- paper
  • Robin Barber & John Fowler, The Blue Guide to Greece -- paper

    All are in paperback. Students will also wish to purchase and study local guidebooks available at the various archaeological sites.

    Students will deliver an oral report, which may concern a particular site, custom, or social phenomenon. Careful attention will also be given to the methods by which archaeological, literary, and other evidence can be combined and interpreted to form a picture of an ancient culture. By the end of the program students will have visited the National Museum in Athens and most of the other important museums and sites in southern Greece and the island of Crete.

    Athens "agorá" (marketplace; to be visited 24 May 2006) and Acropolis (to be visited 23 May 2006)


    INSTRUCTOR. This course will be taught by John G. Younger , Professor of Classics and the Humanities and Western Civilization Program, University of Kansas. Professor Younger is internationally known as a Greek archaeologist and art historian; he has traveled widely in Greece, excavated at numerous sites there, and is fluent in modern Greek.

    The 2008 trip to Greece will be Professor Younger's 13th student archaeological tour of Greece, the third for KU; the previous ten trips (1978-2000) were sponsored by Duke University.


    INSTRUCTION & ITINERARY.
    Except for a couple of complete days that are free (see schedule below), the remaining days are spent traveling and touring sites, monuments, and museums. Every instructional day will begin at 8:00 am and will finish about 2:00 pm (most afternoons will be free). When on site or in museums, the instructor will give lectures on architecture, art, history, and the sociology and anthropology of every life in ancient Greece. There will also be at least four evening sessions for learning introductory basic modern Greek (numbers, greetings, shopping expressions, basic needs). Such "classroom-like instruction contact hours" will probably total more than 50 during the four weeks of the course, while the number of personal contact hours will be more or less continuous.

    Due to unscheduled closings, it will not always be possible to adhere precisely to the schedule below. The instructor will do everything possible to see that the students visit as many of the sites listed as possible and will substitute others of equal value.

    looking down on the stadium at Delphi after our hike to the Korykian cave (7 June)


    DateAgendaOvernightHotel
    MAY
    21 WStudents leave USPLANE
    22 ThStudents arrive in Athens; orientationATHENSAstor
    T: 30 210 3351000, Fax: 210 3255115; W:http://www.astorhotel.gr; E: astor@astorhotel.gr
    23 FAcropolis; free afternoonATHENSAstor
    24 SaAgora; free afternoonATHENSAstor
    25 Suto Nafplion: CorinthNAFPLIONDioskouroi
    T: 30 27520 28550, Fax: 27520 21202; W: http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/peloponese/dioscouri_nafplion.html
    26 MEpidauros, MycenaeNAFPLIONDioskouroi
    27 TuTiryns, Nafplion Museum; free afternoonNAFPLIONDioskouroi
    28 Wto Sparta: Lerna, Sparta acropolisSPARTAMenelaion
    T: 30 27310 22161, 22162-5; Fax: 27310 26332; E: info@menelaion.com, menelaion@gto.gr; W: www.menelaion.com
    29 ThMystra, Sparta MuseumSPARTAMenelaion
    30 Fto Pylos: Messene, MethonePYLOS-GIALOVAZoe
    T: 30 27230 22025, 22026, 25140; F: 27230 22026; W: http://www.hotelzoe.com/main/eng/mainfrm1.html
    31 SaPalace of Nestor, Chora Museum, Voidokoilia beachPYLOS-GIALOVAZoe
    JUNE
    1 Suto Olympia: BassaeOLYMPIAIlis
    T: 30 26240 22547; F: 26240 22112; W: http://www.allgreecetravel.com/peloponnese/ilis_hotel_olympia.asp
    2 MOlympia site & MuseumOLYMPIAIlis
    3 Tuto Delphi: Chletmoutsi Castle DELPHIAcropole
    T: 30 22650 82675, 82676, 82677; F: 22650 83171
    4 WDelphi site & MuseumDELPHIAcropole
    5 ThOsios Loukas, Korykian Cave hike (optional)DELPHIAcropole
    6 Fto Athens: GlaATHENSAstor
    7 SaKerameikos cemetery; free afternoonATHENSAstor
    8 SuNational Museum; free afternoonATHENSAstor
    9 Mto Mykonos MYKONOSSevasti
    T: 30 22890 23545; F: 22890 243336; W: http://www.anastasios-sevasti-hotel.com/; E: ana-seva@otenet.gr
    10 TuDelosMYKONOSSevasti
    11 WDelosMYKONOSSevasti
    12 Thto NaxosNAXOSGalaxy, St George Beach
    T: 22850 22422; F: 22850 22889; W: http://www.hotel-galaxy.com; E: info@hotel-galaxy.com
    13 Farchaic quarriesNAXOSGalaxy, St George Beach
    14 Samuseum, beachNAXOSGalaxy, St George Beach
    15 Suto TheraTHERA/SANTORINIDaedalus
    T: 30 22860 22834; F: 30 22860 22818; W: http://daedalushotel.gr/; E: daedalus@san.forthnet.gr
    16 MAkrotiri, ancient TheraTHERA/SANTORINIDaedalus
    17 TvolcanoTHERA/SANTORINIDaedalus
    18 Wto AthensATHENSAstor
    19 ThFree dayATHENSAstor
    20 FTemple of Athena Aphaia on the island of AiginaATHENSAstor
    21 Safree morning; Sounion; Farewell DinnerATHENSAstor
    22 SuStudents depart


    TRAVEL IN GREECE.

    We visit the sites in a private coach driven by our own permanent driver, who stays with it during the day and secures it at night. The coach is airconditioned, equipped with a tape deck and microphone, and seats over 35, so there is room for naps and personal possessions.

    Lion Gate at Mycenae, ca. 1450 BCE (to be visited 26 May 2006)


    NOTES ON THE SITES
    22 Thorientation on Philopappos hill overlooking the Athens Acropolis
    23 FAcropolis: sanctuary to Athena patron goddess of Athens, site of the Parthenon and other monuments
    24 SaAgora: the marketplace and seat of Athens' government (6th-4th cent. BC)
    25 SuCorinth: the main economic rival to Athens (6th-2nd cents. BC)
    26 MEpidauros: sanctuary to Asklepios the god of healing, and early hospital (5th & 4th cents. BC); Mycenae: Mycenaean palace and fortified town (ca. 1400-1200 BC)
    27 TuTiryns: Mycenaean palace and fortified town (ca. 1400-1200 BC)
    28 WLerna: Early Bronze Age town and "great house" (ca. 2200 BC); Sparta acropolis: the main military rival to Athens in the 5th cent. BC
    29 ThMystra: best preserved Byzantine city (14th-15th cents. AD)
    Messene: Classical town (4th & 3rd cent. BC); Methone: Venetian fort (AD 1206) at which Cervantes was o$
    31 SaPalace of Nestor: best presereved Mycenaean palace (ca. 1400-1200 BC); Voidokoilia beach: one of the great beaches of the world
    JUNE
    1 SuTemple to Apollo at Bassae: the best preserved temple in the Greek world
    2 MOlympia: sanctuary to Zeus and site of the ancient Olympic games (8th-2nd cents. BC)
    3 TuChletmoutsi Castle: Crusader fort (built AD 1220); one of the world's longest suspension bridges is being built over the Corinthian Gulf; the exhibit (& movie) chronicles this engineering feat
    4 Delphi: sanctuary sacred to Apollo (6th-1st cents. BC)
    5 ThOsios Loukas: 10th cent. AD Byzantine church with gold mosaics; Korykian Cave: sacred to the nymphs of Dionysos; the hike goes from the cave back to Delphi via the ancient road
    6 FGla: Mycenaean fort guarding the drainage works of the Copaic Basin (ca. 1400-1300 BC)
    7 SaKerameikos cemetery: major cemetery of Athens in the 5th & 4th cents. BC
    8 SuNational Museum: the great museum of Greece
    9 Mboat (6 hours) to Mykonos, allowing students to get a feel for traditional island travel
    10, 11 Tu, WDelos, the sanctuary to Apollo and Artemis; the well preserved Hellenistic town; and museum
    12 Thhydrofoil to Naxos
    13 Fthe 6th century BC marble quarries have abandoned statues in them; nearby are the mines that produced emory, which can cut marble
    14 SaNaxos town has an unfinished Ionic temple to Dionysos (6th century BC) and several Byzantine churches -- and a nice beach nearby
    15 Suhydrofoil to Thera, another volcanic island, very dramatic
    16 Mthe prehistoric site of Akrotiri (well preserved, like Pompeii), and the lofty classical site of ancient Thera
    17 Tuboat trip out to the (still smoking) volcano of Thera
    18 Wfast hydrofoil boat to Athens
    19 ThFree Day
    20 FTemple of Athena Aphaia on the island of Aigina: early 5th cent. BC temple
    21 SaTemple to Poseidon at Sounion: mid 5th cent. BC temple


    ORIENTATION
    Upon being admitted to the program (notification will come shortly after 1 March 2006), the student will receive, by e-mail, at least 4 detailed messages concerning what to expect when traveling in Greece, Greek customs and attitudes, how to pack properly, what to bring and what to leave behind, etc. Parents will also receive a detailed itinerary, list of hotels with addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. Parents will also be sent more concise information about the experience of living and touring in Greece.

    the origianl "Olympic" stadium for foot races, Olympia, mid 4th cent. BCE (to be visited 2 June 2006)

    Upon arrival in Athens, the students will be given an oral orientation about Greek customs, what the professor expects from them, and about what they can expect from the professor.


    At various times throughout the program there will be at least 4 Greek language lessons so that the students may make simple conversation and order basic necessities and foods in Greek.


    ACCOMMODATIONS & MEALS
    We shall reserve comfortable but not luxurious quarters in B-Class hotels. All rooms have private baths, 2 (rarely 3) students to a room. All hotels provide our breakfast and a few (e.g., the Zoe in Gialova/Pylos) will provide dinner -- most dinners, however, and all other meals, including all lunches, are the responsibility of the student. On occasion we will have picnic lunches as a group.

    Athenian "black-figure" amphora (for wine), painted by the "Swing" painter, late 6th cent. BCE


    TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
    We will make arrangements for a group flight leaving 21 May from Kansas City, probably through Chicago and Amsterdam on KLM airlines, arriving in Athens on 22 May.

    Students taking this group flight will be met at the Athens airport by John Younger with a bus for transportation to the Astor hotel in downtown Athens.

    an avenue of marble lions (7th c. BCE) in the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delos (to be visited 10, 11 June 2006)

    Students not taking this flight must arrive at the hotel Astor in Athens on May 22 by 2:00 p.m. and meet there with the Program Director, Professor John Younger.


    Finally, participants must inform Professor Younger (see addresses below) before April 20, 2008 how and when they plan to arrive at Athens airport on May 22.

    Please note that students cannot leave the program and may not schedule their return from Greece before June 22, 2008 without forfeiting credit for the course.

    After the course ends, Sunday, the 22th of June, students are on their own. More travel in Europe, Turkey or North Africa is strongly recommended, but whatever students do, they must make their own arrangements. Professor Younger's travel agent in Athens (see address below) is a reputable and well-established firm that is run by English-speaking Australian-Greeks for Americans and will be happy to accommodate all plans.

    bronze statue of a striding god (either Zeus or Poseidon), early 5th cent. BCE (to be visited 25 June 2006)

    Addresses
    Travel Agent in Greece Program Director
    Ms. Ioanna Dimogotsi Professor John Younger
    American HolidaysDept. of Classics
    Patriarchou Ioakim 582083 Wescoe, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd
    GR 10676 AthensUniversity of Kansas
    GREECELawrence, KS 66056-2139
    Tel: (011) 30.210.723.3863
    Tel: (011) 30.1.210.729.1317    		Tel: (785) 864-3153
    Fax: (011) 30.210.724.8492Fax: (785) 864-5566
    email: jyounger@ku.edu


    Please note: All University summer study abroad programs include tuition, room, partial board, and excursions in the total cost for participants. Airfare costs to and from Greece are NOT included in the total price.

    COSTS
    • Tuition and Program cost for 2006 (the cost for 2008 will be more): $5030 ($5230, non-KU students)
      (for 6 credit hours: $482 extra)

    Program/Tuition fee includes room, partial board, and excursions. This fee does NOT include travel to and from Greece, the extra meals in Greece (see above), independent travel during or after the program, items of a personal nature or incidentals (i.e. books, laundry, beverages, etc.).

    Other costs to be paid as needed:
    Additional meals (31 lunches, 29 dinners): about $750.00
    Airfare (KCI-NY-KCI about $225; NY-ATHEN-NY about $1225):about $1450.00

    Athenian "red-figure" lekythos (for perfumed oil) painted by the "Brygos" painter, early 5th cent. BCE

    Costs are based on an exchange rate expected to be in effect, and are subject to increase.


    ALL FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE DEPARTURE


    ELIGIBILITY

    Open to students from any accredited US college or university. Minimum 2.50 GPA required (exceptions by petition).


    FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION.

    KU students may apply financial aid toward the cost of this program. Limited scholarships are available to KU students who have a 2.75 GPA and apply by March 1. Scholarship applications are available at the Office of Study Abroad. Non-KU students should check into the resources at their home institutions.


    APPLICATIONS (www.studyabroad.ku.edu/prospective/applications.shtml). Deadline: 1 March 2008.


    FURTHER INFORMATION

    Students accepted into the program will be sent specific information on the hotels, books, suggested clothing, and other practical matters; parents will also be sent additional information including addresses and telephone numbers of our hotels.

    In the meantime, questions may be addressed to
    Professor John Younger
    Dept. of Classics and the Program in Humanities and Western Civilization
    2110 Wescoe, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd
    University of Kansas
    Lawrence, KS 66056-2139
    Tel: (785) 864-3153
    Fax: (785) 864-5566
    email: jyounger@ku.edu


    ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR PREFERENCE, SEX OR AGE.


    THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS PROGRAM. SHOULD IT DO SO, REFUNDS WILL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S REFUND POLICY.


    Homepage of the Office of Study Abroad: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu.

    To contact the Office of Study Abroad (osa@ku.edu).

    Application for this program (http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu/prospective/applications.shtml). Deadline: 1 March 2006.

    To contact John Younger, the Director of the Greece Program.