BOOK BY MAY 25 TO RECEIVE A FREE NIGHT IN ISTANBUL BROWN TRAVELERS VOYAGE TO THE AEGEAN SEA AN EXPLORATION OF GREECE, THE GREEK ISLANDS & TURKEY Aboard the All-Suite, 114-Guest Corinthian II August 27 - September 6, 2007 With Alan L. Boegehold, Emeritus Professor of Classics at Brown FACULTY LECTURER Alan L. Boegehold retired from teaching Classics at Brown in 2001 and has since taught at Amherst College as Visiting Professor of Classics and at Florida State University as Langford Family Eminent Scholar. He has also taught at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Harvard University, Yale University, University of California at Berkeley and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He continues to maintain an office in the Classics Department at Brown. Professor Boegehold’s education and training includes: A.B., University of Michigan 1950 (Latin); A.M., Harvard University 1954 (Classical Philology); Ph.D., Harvard University 1958 (Classical Philology); American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1955-1957. His professional interests are general and include Greek archaeology, history and literature, and he has published studies in all of these areas. A veteran of educational tours, Professor Boegehold has previously visited every stop on this itinerary, and he very much looks forward to sharing his knowledge and perspective with you on this wonderful journey. GUEST LECTURERS David Gordon Mitten is Harvard University’s James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology. He is George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient and Byzantine Art emeritus in Harvard University Art Museums, associate director of Harvard’s Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, and head of the Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies program for the Harvard Extension School. David Quint (Ph.D., Yale University) is the Sterling Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale. He is the present chair of the Department of Comparative Literature. His teaching focuses on the relationship of literature and art to its intellectual, social, and political contexts. He is particularly interested in the larger cultural meanings vested in literary and generic forms. Quint is the author of many books including Epic and Empire (1993); Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy (1998) and Cervantes’s Novel of Modern Times (2003). He has also published essays on Virgil, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Bruni, Castiglione, Flaubert, and Cervantes. His research plans include a book on the Aeneid. For this program, Professor Quint plans talks about Troy, Crete, and Mycenae as they were seen in later literary traditions and their role as models in later empires. Dear Graduates, Parents and Friends of Brown, Nowhere in the world does natural beauty come together with magnificent historical sites more than it does in the Greek Islands. For centuries, travelers have made pilgrimages to the birthplace of Western culture to appreciate the sunlit ruins overlooking bleached cliffs and azure waters. Late this summer, when the magical light of Greece is at its loveliest, we invite you to explore these wonders for yourself on an enchanting cruise of the Aegean. Everywhere you go in this part of the world, the gods of legend and myth still echo in the wind, and spectacular monuments stand as testament to the ingenuity and spirit of the ancients. In legendary Troy, we will visit the site of perhaps the greatest love story, where the mythological Trojan War was fought over the mesmerizing beauty of the half-goddess Helen. On the pristine island of Delos, the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo, we will walk among the fallen columns beneath a vast blue sky. Like the classical Greeks themselves, we will marvel at the 3,500 year-old citadels and walls of Mycenae. In Ephesus, we’ll make our way down the very marble roads used by the Apostle Paul in what is considered to be the best-preserved classical city on the Mediterranean. Historical sites, however, are only a part of the pleasure of a Greek Island cruise. There are also pristine beaches, incomparably blue waters, olive groves, cliffs covered by white-washed houses and charming cafés. You will enjoy the local cuisine at a small tavern in a quaint village in Crete. In Santorini, you will gaze into the caldera of what was probably the biggest volcanic eruption in history. To help you make the most of the experience, Alan L. Boegehold, Emeritus Professor of Classics at Brown, will accompany the trip. He will suggest advance reading, give lectures and lead discussions that will enhance your understanding of this unique itinerary. Your home for this journey will be the graceful, 114-guest, all-suite Corinthian II, the perfect cruise ship for touring the Aegean Sea. Corinthian II is at once large enough to offer all the amenities of a large ship, such as a spacious restaurant, two comfortable lounges, a gym and a sundeck with a Jacuzzi; but small enough to navigate the tiny inlets and harbors. We will share this departure with alumni and friends from Yale, Harvard, the Archaeological Institute of America and the Explorers Club. Don’t miss this opportunity to join us on an in-depth exploration of the fabled Aegean, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and culturally important places in the world. Sincerely, Beth Goldman Galer ’88 Director of the Alumni Travel Program P.S. Book by May 25th, 2007, to receive a free night in Istanbul at the Hilton Istanbul Hotel as well as a tour of Istanbul’s Byzantine and Ottoman sites and monuments. Front Cover: Santorini and its beautiful circular bay, formed by a flooded volcanic crater Left: The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, sited at an awe-inspiring spot Back Cover: Among the finest Minoan achievements, the splendid Palace at Knossos ITINERARY Monday, August 27, 2007 the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. USA A walking tour leads to the excava- Depart from the U.S. on a flight to tion of the main shrines of Apollo and Istanbul. Artemis as well as to the Terrace of the Lions, guardians of the Sacred Lake. For Tuesday, August 28 centuries, Delos was considered so sacred ISTANBUL, TURKEY | EMBARK that giving birth and dying were prohib- Arrive in Istanbul and transfer to the ited on the island. Anyone on the verge pier to embark on Corinthian II. (D) of doing either was ferried to nearby Rhineia. Later, it became the base of the Wednesday, August 29 confederacy of Aegean and Ionian states CANAKKALE | TROY | known as the Delian League. (B, L, D) CANAKKALE Today’s excursion leads to Troy, site Saturday, September 1 of the mythological conflict sparked KUSADASI | MILETUS OR by the abduction of Helen, wife of EPHESUS | KUSADASI, TURKEY Menelaus, whose brother, Agamemnon, Tour the ruins of the ancient city of Delos, Apollo’s birthplace, a veritable was king of Mycenae. Troy consists of Ephesus, settled in the middle of the open-air museum nine cities superimposed in rings on a second millennium b.c. In the late Sunday, September 2 massive mound rising above the “wind- 4th century, Ephesus was the most SITIA | KATO ZAKROS | swept” Plain of Ilium. (B, L, D) important commercial city in Asia TOPLOU | SITIA, CRETE, GREECE Minor. See the immense ancient theater Drive to the Minoan palace at Kato Thursday, August 30 and the imposing Library of Celsus. Zakros, where archaeologists have un- STILIDA | DELPHI OR Alternatively, travel to Miletus, the covered evidence of contact with the ORCHOMENOS | GLA | highlight of which is the 15,000-seat African continent. Continue to the STILIDA, GREECE Roman theater, and visit the museum. 14th-century Monastery of Toplou, a Enjoy a choice between two excursions. (B, L, D) formidable fortress with 30-foot-high Travel to Delphi to visit the Sanctuary walls that once guarded the south- of Apollo, one of Greece’s most impres- east corner of Crete against pirates. sive sites. See the Castalian Spring, the Sacred Way, the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo, the theater and the stadium. Also visit the Archaeological Museum. Alternatively, visit Orchomenos, one of the wealthi- est Mycenaean cities, twice excavated by archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. Orchomenos’ Treasury of Minyas is the most prominent and complete of the ruins here. The site also includes the ruins of a 4th-century b.c. theater and small acropolis and the 9th-century Byzantine Church of the Dormition—built entirely from blocks of the theater. Continue to the remains of the fortified palace at Gla, on a hill surrounded by nearly two miles of Cyclopean walls, portions of which still rise up 15 feet high. (B, L, D) Friday, August 31 DELOS Corinthian II calls at the pristine island of Delos, which legend identifies as Quaint Nauplion, one of Greece’s best-preserved medieval towns OPTIONAL TWO-NIGHT Note the hole directly above the to the whitewashed homes, shops, cafes POST-CRUISE EXTENSION gate: monks poured boiling oil on and churches of Phira. Then visit the IN ATHENS their attackers through it. Toplou also Nomikos Exhibition, where excellent September 6 - 8, 2007 houses a museum with a fine collection reproductions of Akrotiri’s Minoan fres- (Please note that September 8 is the day you fly back to the U.S.) of icons. (B, L, D) coes are on display, and continue to the Explore the birthplace of Western civi- Prehistoric History Museum of Thera. lization, now an efficient 21st-century Monday, September 3 Also visit the classic, traditionally pre- city following citywide renovations HERAKLION | PHAESTOS | served town of Oia. (B, L, D) for the 2004 Olympic Games. This VOROI | KNOSSOS | optional two-night program includes HERAKLION Wednesday, September 5 transfers; two nights at the Athens Plaza From Heraklion, drive to Phaestos to NAUPLION | MYCENAE | Hotel, with breakfast; city sightseeing tour its Minoan palace, first built around TIRYNS | ARGOS | NAUPLION tours and a festive farewell dinner at a 2000 b.c.