KU in ANCIENT GREECE XIII22 May - 21 June 2008Last update: 26 November 2007 |
![]() The Hephaisteion, Athens, ca. 445-40 BCE (to be visited 24 May 2008). |
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.
Homepage of
the Office of Study Abroad: http://www.studyabroad.ku.edu.
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:
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Date | Agenda | Overnight | Hotel |
| MAY | |||
| 21 W | Students leave US | PLANE | |
| 22 Th | Students arrive in Athens; orientation | ATHENS | Astor T: 30 210 3351000, Fax: 210 3255115; W:http://www.astorhotel.gr; E: astor@astorhotel.gr |
| 23 F | Acropolis; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 24 Sa | Agora; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 25 Su | to Nafplion: Corinth | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi T: 30 27520 28550, Fax: 27520 21202; W: http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/peloponese/dioscouri_nafplion.html |
| 26 M | Epidauros, Mycenae | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi |
| 27 Tu | Tiryns, Nafplion Museum; free afternoon | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi |
| 28 W | to Sparta: Lerna, Sparta acropolis | SPARTA | Menelaion T: 30 27310 22161, 22162-5; Fax: 27310 26332; E: info@menelaion.com, menelaion@gto.gr; W: www.menelaion.com |
| 29 Th | Mystra, Sparta Museum | SPARTA | Menelaion |
| 30 F | to Pylos: Messene, Methone | PYLOS-GIALOVA | Zoe T: 30 27230 22025, 22026, 25140; F: 27230 22026; W: http://www.hotelzoe.com/main/eng/mainfrm1.html |
| 31 Sa | Palace of Nestor, Chora Museum, Voidokoilia beach | PYLOS-GIALOVA | Zoe |
| JUNE | |||
| 1 Su | to Olympia: Bassae | OLYMPIA | Ilis T: 30 26240 22547; F: 26240 22112; W: http://www.allgreecetravel.com/peloponnese/ilis_hotel_olympia.asp |
| 2 M | Olympia site & Museum | OLYMPIA | Ilis |
| 3 Tu | to Delphi: Chletmoutsi Castle | DELPHI | Acropole T: 30 22650 82675, 82676, 82677; F: 22650 83171 |
| 4 W | Delphi site & Museum | DELPHI | Acropole |
| 5 Th | Osios Loukas, Korykian Cave hike (optional) | DELPHI | Acropole |
| 6 F | to Athens: Gla | ATHENS | Astor |
| 7 Sa | Kerameikos cemetery; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 8 Su | National Museum; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 9 M | to Mykonos | MYKONOS | Sevasti T: 30 22890 23545; F: 22890 243336; W: http://www.anastasios-sevasti-hotel.com/; E: ana-seva@otenet.gr |
| 10 Tu | Delos | MYKONOS | Sevasti |
| 11 W | Delos | MYKONOS | Sevasti |
| 12 Th | to Naxos | NAXOS | Galaxy, St George
Beach T: 22850 22422; F: 22850 22889; W: http://www.hotel-galaxy.com; E: info@hotel-galaxy.com |
| 13 F | archaic quarries | NAXOS | Galaxy, St George Beach |
| 14 Sa | museum, beach | NAXOS | Galaxy, St George Beach |
| 15 Su | to Thera | THERA/SANTORINI | Daedalus T: 30 22860 22834; F: 30 22860 22818; W: http://daedalushotel.gr/; E: daedalus@san.forthnet.gr |
| 16 M | Akrotiri, ancient Thera | THERA/SANTORINI | Daedalus |
| 17 T | volcano | THERA/SANTORINI | Daedalus |
| 18 W | to Athens | ATHENS | Astor |
| 19 Th | Free day | ATHENS | Astor |
| 20 F | Temple of Athena Aphaia on the island of Aigina | ATHENS | Astor |
| 21 Sa | free morning; Sounion; Farewell Dinner | ATHENS | Astor |
| 22 Su | Students 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 Th | orientation on Philopappos hill overlooking the Athens Acropolis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 F | Acropolis: sanctuary to Athena patron goddess of Athens, site of the Parthenon and other monuments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 Sa | Agora: the marketplace and seat of Athens' government (6th-4th cent. BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 Su | Corinth: the main economic rival to Athens (6th-2nd cents. BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 M | Epidauros: 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 Tu | Tiryns: Mycenaean palace and fortified town (ca. 1400-1200 BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 W | Lerna: Early Bronze Age town and "great house" (ca. 2200 BC); Sparta acropolis: the main military rival to Athens in the 5th cent. BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 Th | Mystra: 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 Sa | Palace of Nestor: best
presereved Mycenaean palace (ca. 1400-1200 BC); Voidokoilia beach: one of
the great beaches of the world
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| JUNE | | | 1 Su | Temple to Apollo at
Bassae: the best preserved temple in the Greek world | 2 M | Olympia: sanctuary to
Zeus and site of the ancient Olympic games (8th-2nd cents. BC) | 3 Tu | Chletmoutsi 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 Th | Osios 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 F | Gla: Mycenaean fort
guarding the drainage works of the Copaic Basin (ca. 1400-1300 BC) | 7 Sa | Kerameikos cemetery:
major cemetery of Athens in the 5th & 4th cents. BC | 8 Su | National Museum: the
great museum of Greece | 9 M | boat (6 hours)
to Mykonos,
allowing
students to get a feel for traditional island travel
| 10, 11 Tu, W | Delos, the
sanctuary to Apollo and Artemis; the well preserved Hellenistic town; and
museum | 12 Th | hydrofoil to
Naxos | 13 F | the 6th century BC
marble quarries have abandoned statues in them; nearby are the mines that
produced emory, which can cut marble | 14 Sa | Naxos town has an
unfinished Ionic temple to Dionysos (6th century BC) and several Byzantine
churches -- and a nice beach nearby | 15 Su | hydrofoil to Thera,
another
volcanic island, very dramatic | 16 M | the prehistoric site of
Akrotiri (well preserved, like Pompeii), and the lofty classical site of
ancient Thera | 17 Tu | boat trip out to the
(still smoking) volcano of Thera | 18 W | fast hydrofoil boat to
Athens | 19 Th | Free Day | 20 F | Temple of Athena Aphaia
on the island of Aigina: early 5th cent. BC temple | 21 Sa | Temple to Poseidon at
Sounion: mid 5th cent. BC temple
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| 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) |
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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.
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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) |
| Travel Agent in Greece | Program Director | ||||||||||||||
| Ms. Ioanna Dimogotsi | Professor John Younger
| American Holidays | Dept. of Classics
| Patriarchou Ioakim 58 | 2083 Wescoe, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd
| GR 10676 Athens | University of Kansas
| GREECE | Lawrence, KS 66056-2139
| Tel: (011) 30.210.723.3863 | Tel: (011) 30.1.210.729.1317 Tel: (785) 864-3153
| Fax: (011) 30.210.724.8492 | Fax: (785) 864-5566
| | email:
jyounger@ku.edu
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