Classics in Greece: 2007
The University of Arkansas Summer Study Program
Directors: Daniel B. Levine and George P. Paulson.
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS and ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Modern Greek Mini Lesson. With MP3 Pronunciation.
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Click here to see the report on the 2005 U of A Classics in Greece.
Roman House Mosaic. Chania CRETE.
Funerary Monument. National Museum, Athens. ca. 340 BCE. From Ilissos River
Gulf of Corinth from Aigosthena Acropolis.
Tower of the Winds. Athens. Roman Agora.
Mosaic. Osios Loukas Monastery Church.
This trip will immerse us in Greece's history, art, culture, cuisine, topography, language, and literature. We will enjoy visits to archaeological sites and museums throughout the country, and have numerous opportunities to hike in Greece's mountains and swim in its "wine-dark sea." We will visit numerous sites familiar to readers of Greek epic, including Ithaca -- the island home of Odysseus, Penelope and Telemachus. We will see the "Palace of Nestor" at "Sandy Pylos," and the homes of Menelaus and Agamemnon: Sparta and Mycenae. We shall see the site of the Olympic Games, the location of Apollo's Oracle at Delphi, the "Labyrinth" in the "Palace of Minos" at Knossos on the island of Crete, and the Aegean island of Naxos, where we will see half-finished statues still lying in ancient marble quarries.
Students will learn about every period in Greek history: from the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age, to the Archaic and Classical periods, to the Roman and Byzantine, the Venetian and Ottoman eras, leading to the creation of the Modern Greek state.
We shall encounter many different kinds of sites, artifacts, and buildings including Healing Sanctuaries, Oracular Sites, Tholos Tombs, Pan-Hellenic Game Sites, Stadia, Mycenaean Citadels, Byzantine Churchs, Minoan Palaces, Mystery Cult Sites, Inscriptions, Temples, Fortifications, Sacred Caves, Battlefields,Vase Paintings, Sculpture, Theaters, Gymnasia, Medieval Citadels, Stoas, and more.
Students will earn six hours of upper-level credit. Students are required to attend several pre-departure meetings, in order to be ready for the Greek experience. All will research and present two reports on-site in Greece, keep travel journals, and upon return, will write a final examination and two term papers.
University of Arkansas students should naturally be
interested in Greece, because, as we all know, it is impossible to say "RAZORBACK"
without saying "ZORBA."
For more information, send email to: dlevine@uark.edu, or studyabroad@uark.edu,
or call 479-575-7582.
Approximate Price: $5,280 (subject to change) (includes airfare, but not University of Arkansas tuition.)
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