TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (THE ORGANIZERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE TOPICS OR THE ORDER OF THE VISITS AND LECTURES) Week 1: Mythical Seafaring DAY Morning Visits/Classes Evening Readings Classes/Visits (to be completed before class) Monday 13/7 9:30-10:45 Introductions 19:30-21:30 Welcome Opening Ceremony Tour of the Library and Dinner Break 11:15-12:00 History of the Island of Corfu Break 12:30- 14:00 History of the Island of Corfu Tuesday 9:30-10:30 14/7 The Trojan War: Myth and Visit to the Aeschylus, Agamemnon History Archaeological selections from the Odyssey The Homeric epics as a source Museum (3.130-200, 262-312 for Seafaring 4.315-593) Break 10:45-12:00 Post-war seafaring - The Return of the Greeks from Troy – The theme of nostoi Break 12:30-14:00 Seafarers: Agamemnon, Menelaus, Nestor QUIZ 1 Wendnesday 9:30 -10:30 Homer, the Odyssey, Books 5-8 15/7 Seafaring in the Odyssey Visit to Palaiokastritsa Break Caves and Natural Ports 10:45-12:00 (Reading excerpts Corfu- Scheria in the Odyssey from the Odyssey: Odysseus approaches Break the land of Scheria) 12:30-14:00 Seafaring in Archaic Greece: Pirates-Merchants-Sailors QUIZ 2 Thursday 9:30-10:30 Homer, the Odyssey, Books 9- 16/7 Travelling to Foreign and Exotic Visit to Kanoni. 12 Lands. Pontikonisi (the Mouse Island) and Break the Boat of the Phaiacians 10:45-12:00 Ethnography in the Odyssey (On-site Reading. Excerpts from the Break Odyssey: The boat of the Phaiacians turns 12:30-14:00 Sea-Monsters, into a rock) Sea/River Gods in the Odyssey QUIZ 3 Friday 9:00-12:30 Class on Site TEST 1 The Homeric Hymn to Dionysus 17/7 Maritime Religion –Oracles and 19:00-20:30 The Homeric Hymn to Apollo Seafaring The Homeric Hymn to Dioscuri Visit to Mon Repos Temple of Hera (Heraion) Temple of Artemis Gorgo Temple of Apollo On-Site Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Apollo Saturday Day trip to Dodone and NO CLASS NO READINGS 18/7 Ioannina Sunday FREE DAY NO CLASS NO READINGS 19/7 Week 2 : Historical Seafaring Monday Herodotus, Histories, books 8 20/7 9:30-10:30 Naval Achilleion Palace and 9 Battles and Corfu: 664 BCE First naval (On-Site Reading: Preface of the battle recorded in Histories. Seafarers and the History Abduction of Women) Break 10:45-12:00 Naval Battles and the Persian Wars: The naval battle of Salamis Break 12:30-14:00 The Delian League. Seafaring and Politics. Quiz 4 Tuesday 9:30-10:30 21/7 Thucydides and the Tour of the Old Town of Thucydides, Histories, book 1 history of seafaring: Corfu including the Old Minos Fortress of Corfu Break 10:45- 12:00 The Peloponnesian War. The Athenian Navy. Corfu and Epidamnus. Break 12:30- 14:00 The Battle of Sybota The Battle of Naupactus Quiz 5 Wednesday 9:30-12:00 Thucydides, Histories, book s 6 22/7 The Peloponnesian Study time and 7 War- The Sicilian expedition and its aftermath. Corfu and Athens. Break 12:30-14:00 Naval Records and Ship Building Quiz 6 Thursday 9:30-12:00 Seafaring 23/7 and Piracy in the Study time Apollonius of Rhodes, literature of the Argonautica, 4 books Hellenistic Times. Break 12:30-13:30 Oral Presentations. 14:00-16:00 Optional Visit to the Palace of Saint Michael and Saint George and the Museum of Asian Art Quiz 7 Friday 9:30-12:30 TEST TWO Readings TBA 24/7 Colonization, 15:30-17:00 Seafaring and the Genre of Periplous 17:30-20:00 Closing Ceremony and Dinner 12:30-14:00 Review of the Course. Discussion. Saturday DAY TRIP PAXI- NO CLASS NO READINGS 25/7 ANTIPAXI (optional) Sunday Departure 26/7 .