HON520C Travel to Greece May 16-June 2, 2018
Professor David W. Goldberg Professor Bethany Hicok Athens Centre and Archeologists on Site in Athens
Course Description: This is the two-week travel portion of HON201: Ancient Greek Justice. The HON201 course focuses on the ancient world and changing ideas of justice and human flourishing from the Bronze Age Mycenaean Civilization recounted in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (thought to be written around the 8th century BCE) to concepts of legal justice and democracy as developed during the golden age of Athens (in the 5th century BCE) with the teachings of Socrates and Plato. In HON201, we traced the ancient world's changing ideas of justice through literature, drama, historical and philosophical texts, as well as through its archeological history. In May we travel to Greece for two weeks and visit many of the key archeological sites featured in our readings, including Mycenae, Delphi, the theatre at Epidauros, and the centers of citizen justice in Athens—the Areopagus, Parthenon, and Agora. Key questions that we explored during the semester include: How do the Greeks define justice? What is happiness? What is a good society? What role does religion and the divine play in Greek culture? What characteristics do we find in a good leader? These questions and others will be taken up as we walk in the footsteps of our Heroes and Gods.
Outcomes: The travel portion of this course speaks directly to one of the major outcomes of the new honors core curriculum, which is to
1. Develop an understanding of global interconnectedness and reflect critically on and integrate knowledge and issues within a broader societal, global and human context.
Grading: Pass/Fail Students will keep a travel journal during the course of their travels; they will be asked to describe the sites and museums we visit, make connections with the class readings during site visits with trained archeologists, and make note of their encounters with Greek culture, food, and people.
Tentative Itinerary Developed in Consultation with the Athens Centre
Day 1 Arrival in Greece Housing at Art Gallery Hotel Walking orientation to central Athens Welcome Dinner at a traditional nearby taverna o/n Athens
Day 2 Athens Centre program orientation Visit to central markets of Athens, and to the Gastronomy Museum to participate in making a few Greek specialties….and eat them afterwards! Late afternoon and evening free o/n Athens
Day 3 Guided visit to the Acropolis, Acropolis Museum Brief introduction to essential Greek words and phrases o/n Athens
Day 4 Guided visit to the Agora, Agora Museum Free afternoon and evening in Athens
Day 5 Day trip by private bus to the Argolis: Mycenae, Epidaurus, Nauplion o/n Athens
Day 6 Day trip by private bus to Delphi: site and museum o/n Athens
Day 7 Guided visit to the National Archaeological Museum Evening overnight ferry to Samos, if overnight boat is available o/n cabins on the ferry
Day 8 Arrive in Samos Bus to Temple of Hera Bus to Pythagorio, check-in to hotel Afternoon free for independent activities o/n Samos
Day 9 Free day in Samos
Day 10 Visit to wine museum in Pythagorion? Winery visit? Visit to monastery of Panagia Spiliani in Pythagorio? Visit to the tunnel of Eupalinos o/n Samos
Day 11 Free day in Samos o/n Samos
Day 12 Free day in Samos o/n Samos
Day 13 Ferry to Athens, bus to hotel, check-in Free day in Athens PM Olive oil tasting at the Athens Centre
Day 14 Free morning in Athens PM - End of program festivities at the Athens Centre Farewell Dinner at a local traditional taverna
Day 15 Departure for the U.S.