Experiencing

GREECEFrom Ancient to Modern (CLST 270) May 17-June 2, 2016

Focus The Ancient Greeks have had a profound and lasting influence on western civilization for two and a half millennia in the areas of the arts, literature, political theory, philosophy and ethics, and science and mathematics. Students study this legacy in the physical environment of Modern Greece.

INFORMATION MEETING: THURS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 @ 12:30 PM MCM 164

Program Highlights: Access to major archaeological sites and temples; stays in CYA’s university-style residence halls in downtown Athens and in a hotel in picturesque, seaside Nafplion; one night each at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Delphi and Olympia; an overnight trip to a Greek island; an experiential curriculum with CNU classics faculty. Program fee: $4750.00 includes airfare, lodging, in-land transportations, some meals, all entrance fees, and health Insurance; fee is based on 16 participants. Application: Students may submit applications online at: http://cnu.edu/studyabroad/programs/index.asp, where more information is available. You are encouraged to contact a course instructor: Dr. Mark Padilla ([email protected]) or Dr. Rosa Motta ([email protected]).

Archaeological sites in Athens:

Acropolis, Aristotle’s Lyceum and Gymnasium, Athenian Agora, Eleusis, Philopappos Hill, Pnyx Hill, Roman Agora.

We will visit Syntagma Square, facing Parliament, where contemporary Greeks exercised democratic freedoms in the wake of the fiscal crisis. Throughout we will consider the changing face of Greece as a center of Mediterranean historical forces and artistic expression from 3,000 BCE to the present.

Sites outside of Athens : Aphaia, Brauron Cape Sounion, Delphi, Epidaurus Kolonna, Lerna, Marathon, Mycenae, Olympia, Palamaidi Fortress, Tiryns.

Delphi is the seat of the oracle of Apollo, and Olympia hosted the Olympian games. The Greeks heroically defeated the first Persian invasion at Marathon. We walk on the ramparts of large Bronze Age fortresses, and visit Artemis’ inspiring sanctuary that attended to the spiritual education of girls.

Museums: Acropolis, Byzantine, Cycladic, Delphi, Epidaurus, Kolonna, Mycenae, National Archaeological, Nafplion Archaeological, Olympia, Numismatic.

These museums have incomparable holdings of statues, vases, coins, armor, and daily objects. Students will receive credit for completing focused questionnaires and using technology to share ideas about objects and to address historical questions.

Religious Sites: Greek temples dedicated to Olympian gods; the Mystery sanctuary at Eleusis; the Byzantine Monastery Hosios Loukas; the Areopagus, site of St. Paul’s sermon

Ancient Greece developed a vibrate form of worship featuring the Olympian gods; played a key role in the emergence of Christianity; and fostered Greek Orthodoxy. Students learn how these spiritual expressions took physical shape in temples, churches, and in the making and revering of sacred objects.