University of Nebraska–Lincoln World Campus Greece

Greek Odyssey: A Classical Journey Summer Study Abroad May 8-27, 2016 Program Highlights • Explore beautiful Greece and learn about her ancient civilizations. • Learn about Athenian art and the ancient city of Athens, and Minoans, a great Bronze Age civilization. Professor Michael Hoff • See Knossos, the palace of the Faculty Leader mythological King Minos and Dr. Michael Hoff teaches Classi- visit the Dikteon Cave, the cal Art and Archaeology at the birthplace of Zeus. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, • Explore the Sanctuary of where he is Professor of Art Zeus and home of the ancient History. Professor Hoff has spent Olympic Games at Olympia considerable time in Greece over as well as the Sanctuary of the last 30 years participating in Study group on Mt. Parnassos overlooking the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi Apollo at Delphi. archaeological research and has • Enjoy the warm hospitality Accommodations and Other Arrangements excavated in Athens, Corinth, offered by the Greeks! • Participants will reserve and purchase their own airline tickets Nemea, and on Crete. Hoff currently excavates in Turkey at Course of Study with the guidance of the Education Abroad Office and program leader. They will be encouraged to fly on the same schedule as the the Roman city of Antiochia ad The Greek Odyssey education leader and each other. Cragum. abroad trip is led by scholars Co-leader Dr. Molly Richardson specializing in Greek Archaeol- • An experienced Greece-based travel agent will coordinate all on- is a noted expert on the study of ogy and Classics, and promises site logistics, in collaboration with Dr. Hoff. Greek inscriptions. Dr. Richard- to be an in-depth introduction • Lodging will be in double and triple-occupancy hotel rooms with son has resided in Greece for to the monuments and culture fellow UNL students. One night, the group will sleep on a ferry in over 25 years and is associated of Greece from the Bronze Age double and quadruple-occupancy cabins. with the American School of through the Roman Empire. • Within Greece, the group will travel by private bus, ferry, and Classical Studies at Athens. You’ll visit several of the most plane. important sites of the Byzantine Eligibility period in Greece to gain an • This program involves walking and climbing and may be some- This program is open to awareness of their religious heri- what strenuous. undergraduate and graduate tage. Students will participate in • Late spring is a favorable time of the year to visit the Mediterra- UNL students in good academic orientation meetings and field nean. The days are pleasant and the cool evenings make for enjoy- standing. Enrollment is by per- trips to archaeological sites and able walks in villages, towns, and on sandy beaches. mission of the instructor. While museums. Students will prepare applications from non-UNL short reports, assigned by the • Those who enjoy swimming in clear, blue water will find ample students may be considered, instructor, to be given on site. opportunities for this activity during the tour, and those whose preference will be given to UNL The course will include a short tastes are oriented more towards shopping will discover many fine students. Non-UNL participants final exam covering sites visited boutiques and stores that t cater to almost every wish. must first be admitted to UNL as and material culture. Students Locations a visiting student. enrolled for graduate credit need Athens, Crete, Agios Nikolaos, Chania, Corinth, Nafplion, Nemea, to write a short research paper Tiryns, Olympia, Delphi, Attica, Mycenae, Aegina...and more Itinerary on a topic related to the course, after our return to the U.S. May 8 Cost Course Credit Depart Lincoln or Omaha Financial aid and scholarships are available. Visit the UNL Education AHIS 311 or 492/892 Abroad office for details. May 9 Undergraduate Graduate Arrive Athens, Transit from airport to Hotel Parthenon for Tuition 659.25 870.00 check-in; welcome dinner at a Fees **54.05 **54.05 traditional tavern in Plaka, the historical district in Athens. Program Cost **2401.84 **2401.84 Ed. Abroad Fee **150.00 **150.00 May 10 AM: We will make the first of Insurance **44.00 44.00 two visits to the ancient Athe- *Total: **3309.14 **3519.89 nian Agora, the heart of the an- The Erechtheion on the Athenian cient city. We will visit the best Akropolis **2014 price shown; subject to change in 2016, preserved ancient Greek temple, Airfare is not included in this estimate. the Hephaisteion, and also visit May 14 the offices and storerooms of AM: We first visit the Keram- the American excavations of the eikos, the cemetery of ancient Agora in the reconstructed Stoa Athens, followed by the second of Attalos PM: We transit to the visit to the Agora to view the harbor city of Piraeus where we museum. PM: In the afternoon, will board a luxury ferry for an we will visit the great Temple evening departure to Crete of Olympieion Zeus and the May 11 Panathenaic Stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held AM: After arriving at the Cretan in 1896. port of Heraklion, we will enjoy May 15 AM: We depart early in the morning for a week long trip to the Peloponnese. The first stop The Hephaisteion in the Athenian Agora is Eleusis, the Sanctuary of De- meter and the sacred mysteries, May 20 May 24 followed by stops at the famous AM: The morning is given Today we depart for the Byz- ancient city of Corinth with its over to visiting the site of the antine monastery at Daphni to massive fortress, Acrocorinth, oracular Sanctuary of Apollo at visit its mosaics; later we travel A Greek beach and then the sanctuary of Ask- Delphi and museum. PM: In late across Attica to Marathon, the lepios at Epidauros, where we afternoon, there is an optional site of the ancient battle against a typical Cretan breakfast at visit the healing facilities of the afternoon hike up Mt. Parnassos, the Persians in 490 BC. After Morosini Plateia. We will then ancient sanctuary and also its to a point overlooking the sanc- the visit to the Tomb of the board a bus for a quick journey famous Theatre. We will spend tuary. In the evening, we take an Athenians we go to the museum, across the island to the Bronze the night in the first capital optional excursion to Arachova followed by lunch and swim- Age Minoan complex of Phais- of modern Greece, Nauplio, a for sightseeing and dinner in the ming at Skinias Beach. tos. Afterwards, we board the beautiful port city at the head of alpine-like village. May 25 bus back to Heraklion to arrive the gulf of Argos. May 21 Optional tour: We take public at the famous Minoan palace of AM: During the leisurely drive transportation to Piraeus to Knossos. In late morning, we May 16 back to Athens, we stop at Osios catch a ferry for a short cruise to make a quick visit to the tempo- We visit three important sites: Leukas Monastery to visit one the nearby island of Aigina. Fol- rary galleries of the Heraklion The two Bronze Age citadels of of the best preserved Byzan- lowing a bus ride to the ancient Museum to see the artifacts Tiryns and Mycenae, and the tine churches with its mosaics; Temple of Aphaia and the visit to associated with the ancient Panhellenic Sanctuary of Zeus at there is also a quick stop at the the site, we walk down the path Minoans. PM: After lunch, drive Nemea. PM: Evening in Nauplio. Diostimo Memorial. PM: After to Agia Marina for lunch and to the seaside town of Agios May 17 lunch, we travel to Thorikos, to swimming. Nikolaos AM: we bus to Lerna to visit view its ancient theatre and the May 26 May 12 the Early Bronze Age structure remnants of the silver mining AM: final exam (mystery venue); AM drive to Lasithi Plateau to known as the House of the Tiles. operation; finally, our last stop afternoon is free. PM: Plaka fare- visit the Dicteion Cave, where, We then cross the Peloponnese of the day prior to returning well dinner. according to mythology, Zeus to visit the Byzantine monastic to Athens is Sounion, with its was born. Late Morning: Bus to community of Mistra, and com- impressive sanctuary and temple May 27 Pachi Ammos to visit INSTAP, plete our trip at the port town to Poseidon. Depart Athens. of Pylos . the American archaeological May 22 institute for east Cretan studies May 18 AM: we visit the archaeological Lunch and swimming at Kalo AM: Weather permitting, we will treasures in the National Muse- Chorio PM bus to Chania board small boats to the beach um, followed by the collections May 13 at Voidokilia for swimming. of the Benaki Museum. PM: The Morning in Chania, a pictur- PM: Picnic lunch and visit at the rest of the day is free. Bronze Age citadel, “Nestor’s esque Cretan town and old May 23 Ventian port. You are free to Palace;” After the site visit we AM: The morning is spent explore and enjoy the amenities travel to ancient Olympia. at the Akropolis (Parthenon, of this charming town. PM: Temple of Poseidon at Sounion May 19 Propylaia, Erechtheion, and Before arriving at the airport AM: We visit the site of the the Athena Nike Temple) and for the flight back to Athens, we ancient Sanctuary of Zeus at afterwards the monuments will stop at the Suda Bay British Olympia site and museum. PM: of the South Slope: Theatre of War Cemetery. Evening flight to After lunch we travel to Delphi. Dionysos and the Lysikrates Athens Monument. PM: The rest of the day is free. University of Nebraska–Lincoln World Campus

Greece Greek Odyssey: A Classical Journey Summer Study Abroad May 8-27, 2016

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