KU in ANCIENT GREECE XIIINext Offered: 2013?The following itinerary and information is for the trip in 2010Last update: 18 November 2009 |
 The Hephaisteion, Athens, ca. 445-40 BCE (to be visited 22 May 2010). |
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 2010.
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 2010 (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 (credit: 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 5 June 2010) |
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 22 May 2010) and Acropolis (to be visited 21 May 2010) |
| 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 | |||
| 19 W | Students leave US | PLANE | |
| 20 Th | Students arrive in Athens;
orientation Olivia & Alex: here are PowerPoint instructions of how to get from airport to hotel | ATHENS | Astor T: 30 210 3351000, Fax: 210 3255115; W:http://www.astorhotel.gr; E: astor@astorhotel.gr |
| 21 F | Acropolis; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 22 Sa | Agora; freeafternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 23 Su | to Nafplion: Corinth | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi T: 30 27520 28550, Fax: 27520 21202; W: http://www.greecead.com/gadhome/peloponese/dioscouri_nafplion.html |
| 24 M | Epidauros, Mycenae | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi |
| 25 Tu | Tiryns, Nafplion Museum; free afternoon | NAFPLION | Dioskouroi |
| 26 W | to Sparta: Lerna,
Sparta
acropolis Quiz on basic terminology & dates | SPARTA | Menelaion T: 30 27310 22161, 22162-5; Fax: 27310 26332; E: info@menelaion.com, menelaion@gto.gr; W: www.menelaion.com |
| 27 Th | Mystra, Sparta Museum Quiz on basic artistic styles, historical events (both ancient and modern), and locations (map quiz, a PowerPoint presentation of maps) | SPARTA | Menelaion |
| 28 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 |
| 29 Sa | Palace of Nestor, Chora Museum, Voidokoilia beach | PYLOS-GIALOVA | Zoe |
| 30 Su | to Olympia: Bassae | OLYMPIA | Ilis T: 30 26240 22547; F: 26240 22112; W: http://www.olympiahotels.gr/en/hotelilis/abouthotel/index.html |
| 31 M | Olympia site & Museum | OLYMPIA | Ilis |
| JUNE | |||
| 1 Tu | to Delphi: Chletmoutsi Castle | DELPHI | Acropole T: 30 22650 82675, 82676, 82677; F: 22650 83171. W: http://www.delphi.com.gr/acropole-hotel-delphi-photo_gallery.html |
| 2 W | Delphi site & Museum | DELPHI | Acropole |
| 3 Th | Osios Loukas, Korykian Cave hike (optional) | DELPHI | Acropole |
| 4 F | to Athens: Gla | ATHENS | Astor |
| 5 Sa | Kerameikos cemetery; free afternoon | ATHENS | Astor |
| 6 Su | National Museum; free afternoon; overnight boat trip to Chania, Crete | BOAT | Boat |
| 7 M | Chania, site & museum; Maleme | CHANIA | Arkadi T: 30 28210 90181, 92801, 92418; F: 28210 94034 E: arkadi2@cha.forthnet.gr, arkadi@gto.gr; W: http://www.arkadi-hotel.gr/ |
| 8 Tu | Samaria Gorge hike | HERAKLEION | Olympic T: 30 2810-288861; F: 2810-222512; W: http://www.hotelolympic.com/ |
| 9 W | Tylissos, Mt Ida and the Idaean Cave | HERAKLEION | Olympic |
| 10 Th | Vathypetro, Knossos, Herakleion Museum Exhibit | HERAKLEION | Olympic |
| 11 F | Archanes, Iouktas, Phourni Cemetery, Anemospelia to Knossos walk | HERAKLEION | |
| 12 Sa | Phaistos, Ayia Triada | HERAKLEION | Olympic |
| 13 Su | to Lasithi: Mallia, Psychro Cave | LASITHI | Kourites T: 30 28440-22194 |
| 14 M | to Siteia: Karphi hike | SITEIA | Itanos T: 30 28430-22900, 22146-; F: 28430-22146; W: http://www.itanoshotel.com/ |
| 15 Tu | Kato Zakro, Palaikastro, Vai beach | SITEIA | Itanos |
| 16 W | to Herakleion: Siteia Museum, Lato, Ayios Nikolaos Museum, Gournia; overnight boat trip to Athens | BOAT | Boat |
| 17 Th | Free day | ATHENS | Astor |
| 18 F | Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aigina | ATHENS | Astor |
| 19 Sa | free morning; Sounion; FarewellDinner | ATHENS | Astor |
| 20 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 24 May 2010) |
NOTES ON THE SITES
| 20 Th | orientation on Philopappos hill overlooking the Athens Acropolis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 F | Acropolis: sanctuary to Athena patron goddess of Athens, site of the Parthenon and other monuments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 Sa | Agora: the marketplace and seat of Athens' government (6th-4th cent. BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 Su | Corinth: the main economic rival to Athens (6th-2nd cents. BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 Tu | Tiryns: Mycenaean palace and fortified town (ca. 1400-1200 BC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 Th | Mystra: best preserved Byzantine city (14th-15th cents. AD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 F | Messene: Classical town
(4th & 3rd cent. BC); Methone: Venetian fort (AD 1206) at which Cervantes
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| 29 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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| 30 Su | Temple to Apollo at
Bassae: the best preserved temple in the Greek world | 31 M | Olympia: sanctuary to
Zeus and site of the ancient Olympic games (8th-2nd cents. BC) | JUNE | | | 1 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 | 2 | Delphi: sanctuary
sacred
to Apollo (6th-1st cents. BC) | 3 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 | 4 F | Gla: Mycenaean fort
guarding the drainage works of the Copaic Basin (ca. 1400-1300 BC) | 5 Sa | Kerameikos cemetery:
major cemetery of Athens in the 5th & 4th cents. BC | 6 Su | National Museum: the
great museum of Greece; boat (overnight) to Chania, Crete, allowing
students to get a feel for traditional Aegean travel | 7 M | Chania site (Late Minoan houses) & museum; Maleme: the German cemetery (WWII invasion of Crete) and Late Minoan tholos tomb
| 8 Tu | hike down the Samaria gorge (a tectonic plate fault) | 9 W | trip up to Mt Ida, the tallest mountain in Crete: Tylissos (Late Minoan houses), Idaean cave | 10 Th | Vathypetro (Late Minoan villa), Knossos: the great Minoan palace | 11 F | Archanes (Late Minoan town), Mt Iuktas (where Zeus was buried), Phournoi (Minoan cemetery), Anemospelia (human sacrifice?), walk back to Knossos | 12 Sa | to south Crete: Phaistos & Ayia Triada, two Late Minoan palaces; lunch in Matala (1960s hippie community) | 13 Su | Malia (Late Minoan palace), to Lasithi (an upland plateau), the Diktaean cave (where Zeus was born) | 14 M | hike up to Karphi, refuge settlement (12-11th c. BCE), to Siteia | 15 Tu | monastery of Toplou, Kata Zakro (eastern Minoan palace), Minoan town of Palaikastro, beach at Vai (palm trees) | 16 W | Stieia Museum, Lato (7th c. town), Gournia (Late Minoan town), overnight boat back to Athens | 17 Th | Free Day | 18 F | Temple of Athena Aphaia
on the island of Aigina: early 5th cent. BCE temple | 19 Sa | Temple to Poseidon at
Sounion: mid 5th cent. BCE temple
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| ORIENTATION
Upon being admitted to the program (notification will come shortly after 1 March 2010), 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 31 May 2010) |
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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 19 May from Kansas City, probably through Chicago and Amsterdam on KLM airlines, arriving in Athens on 20 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. |  the end of the trail at the bottom of the Samaria Gorge (to be visited 8 June 2010) |
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 10, 2010 how and when they plan to arrive at Athens airport on May 20. Please note that students cannot leave the program and may not schedule their return from Greece before June 20, 2010 without forfeiting credit for the course. After the course ends, Sunday, the 20th 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 6 June 2010) |
| 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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