GREECE: ENTERING THE LABYRINTH • 1. What? Three Courses, 3 credits each: . Anthropology 293 . English 216 . History 205 • 2. When? April 28 - July 21 Trip To Greece: May 25 - June 23 Pre-Trip (CVC, M-TH, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.): eight, 3 hour seminars April 28 (Th), May 2 (M),***May 4 (W), May 5 (Th), May 9 (M), May 12 (Th), May 16 (M), May 19 (Th), May 24 (?) (T) Post Trip: one, 3 hour seminar July 21 (Th) 3. Who? 24 North Island College Students Faculty: Anne Cumming Dan Hinman-Smith Jim Anderson 4. Where? May 25 pm: Leave Comox 4 pm Wed. May 26: Arrive at Heathrow in London May 27: Arrive in Athens at 2:55 am May 27: Stay at the Mare Nostrum in Vravrona Day 2: Saturday, May 28th Transfer from the Mare Nostrum to the island of Skyros. Bus to the port of Kymi with stops at Marathon and Rhamnous. Ferry to Skyros. The interior at the Mare Nostrum Marathon, the site of the Athenians‟ defeat of the Persians in 490 BCE and a place sacred to Theseus long before that famous battle. The Heroic-era burial mound of Achilles Theseus captures the is replaced by the more democratic Marathonian bull. commemoration for the 192 Athenian war dead at Marathon. John Stuart Mill: “The Battle of Marathon, even as an event in English History, is more important than the Battle of Hastings.” (490 BCE) Rhamnous May 28-30: Skyros According to legend, an elderly Theseus was thrown from the cliff of Skyros Town to his death. The castle at the summit of Skyros Town is also where Achilles is said to have been hidden on the eve of the Trojan War. Hotel Nefeli: Our base on Skyros Day 3: Sunday, May 29th Independent Exploration of Skyros Day 4: Monday, May 30th Transfer from Skyros to Meteora. Stop at Thermopylae. Leonidas leads the 300 in David‟s romanticized portrait Thermopylae Today The National Rifle Association‟s salute to Leonidas and The 300 May 30: Stay at the Hotel Kosta Famissi in Kalambaka Day 5: Tuesday, May 31st Guided Tour Of Meteora Day 5: Tuesday, May 31st Bus Transfer from Meteora to Delphi May 31-June 3: Delphi The view from the Arion Hotel Day 6: Wednesday, June 1st Guided Tour Of Delphi And Museum The Museum At Delphi The Delphi Museum Day 7: Thursday, June 2nd Free Day In Delphi Day 8: Friday, June 3rd Bus Transfer from Delphi To Nafplion. The bridge to the Peloponnese June 3-June 6 Nafplion June 4 Exploring The Argolid Mycenae and Museum Tiryns Epidaurus Dan‟s father Jim recites the wails at the “Philosophers‟ Song” gods from the from the stage at stage at Epidaurus in 2008. Epidaurus in 1998. Day 10: Sunday, June 5th Free Day In Nafplion or . Day 10: Sunday, June 5th Possible Optional Day Tour To Troezen The reputed Stone of Theseus The deeds of Theseus outside Troezen. Day 11: Monday, June 6th Transfer from Nafplion to Tinos. June 6- June 9: Tinos Day 12: Tuesday, June 7th Independent Exploration Of Tinos Day 13: Wednesday, June 8th Optional Day Excursion to Mykonos and Delos (approximately $50) Day 13: Day trip to Mykonos … and Delos Day 14: Thursday, June 9th Ferry From Tinos To Naxos June 9-12: Naxos Dionysus displaces Theseus on Naxos Agios Prokopios Hotel: Our base on Naxos Day 15: Friday, June 10th Guided Tour Of Naxos The Unfinished Kouros from Naxos‟s Archaic Marble Quarry The Portara of Naxos: The island‟s signature landmark and the site where Theseus is said to have left Ariadne. Day 16: Saturday, June 11th Free Day On Naxos Day 17: Sunday, June 12th Ferry From Naxos To Crete June 12-17: Chersonissos Amazones Villages Suites Day 18: Monday, June 13th Knossos Area Day Tour • Palace of Knossos • Herakleion Archaeological Museum • Amnisos • Cave of Eileithyia Day 18: Monday, June 13th Visit The Palace Of Knossos in the a.m. And The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion in the p.m. The Cave Of Eileithyia Day 19: Tuesday, June 14th Day Excursion From North Coast To South Coast The Plane Tree Of Gortyn: Here Zeus is said to have raped Europa The Odeon of Gortyn Entryway to the palace at Phaistos: Homer mentions troops were sent from here to Troy. The Phaistos Disk: One of the treasures of the Heraklion Museum Matala: The port of Phaestos and where Europa is said to have first stepped down on a new continent. Day 20: Wednesday, June 15th Free Day In Chersonissos Dia: Just off the coast from Chersonissos and the island – according to Homer – of the death of Ariadne Day 21: Thursday, June 16th Guided Tour Of Gorge Of The Dead And The Zakros Palace Day 22: Friday, June 17th Bus Transfer From Chersonissos To Hania. Hania Our anticipated accommodations in Hania at the Hotel Kriti. Day 23-24: Saturday, June 18th – Sunday, June 19th • Independent exploration of Hania Day 24: Sunday, June 19th Night ferry to Piraeus Piraeus: „11‟ June 20-23: Athens Titania Hotel: Our base in Athens Day 25: Monday, June 20th • Independent exploration of Athens Day 26: Tuesday, June 21st – Athens (A possible schedule for this day) • Pnyx Hill • Walk Panathenaic Way to Erechtheum • Acropolis Tour (including Parthenon, Theatre of Dionysus, The Acropolis of Theseus and of the Labyrinth Myth) • Areopagos • Acropolis Museum • Driving Tour: Hadrian's Arch and 1st Cemetery of Athens • Cape Sounion (?) Pnyx Hill: The Birth-place of Democracy A reconstruction of how the top of the Acropolis might have looked like in the 5th century BCE The Panathenaic Way The Panagia Spiliotas in the Theatre Dionysus Aeropagus Hill: Where the Furies prosecuted Orestes; where Theseus battled the Amazons; where the Persians camped; and where St. Paul addressed the Athenians The new Acropolis Museum: Reserves a spot for the return of the Elgin Marbles Day 27: Wednesday, June 22nd National Archaeological Museum in Athens in the morning Statue of Aphrodite thwarting off Pan‟s Roman model of Phidias Athena advances. National museum sculpture statue from the Parthenon originally found on Delos. National Archaeological Museum Schliemann‟s “Mask of Agamemnon” from Mycenae Statue of Themis from Rhamnous National Archaeological Museum Wall fresco from Mycenae Boxing boys and antelope frescoes from Santorini June 23: Return To Comox (Leave Athens 2:05 pm) May your exploits abroad rival those of the great Theseus..