Classics in Greece
Highlights & Photos
This trip will immerse students in Greece’s history, art, culture, cuisine, topography, language and literature. Students will enjoy visits to archaeological sites and museums throughout the country, and have numerous opportunities to hike in Greece’s mountains and swim in its “wine‐dark sea.”
Students will learn about about every period in Greek history, from the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age, to the Archaic and Classical periods, to the Roman and Byzantine, the Venetian and Ottoman eras, leading to the creation of the Modern Greek state.
Additionally, students will encounter many different kinds of sites, artifacts, and buildings including Healing Sanctuaries, Oracular Sites, Tholos Tombs, Pan‐Hellenic Game Sites, Stadia, Mycenaean Citadels, Byzantine Churchs, Minoan Palaces, Mystery Cult Sites, Sacred Caves, Battlefields, Theaters, Gymnasia, Medieval Citadels, Stoas, and more!
Students will earn six hours of upper‐level credit. Some highlights include: Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Pylos, Sparta, Mycenae,
Nauplion, Corinth, and the beautiful islands of Crete, Naxos, and Aegina.
Check out Stephen Counce 's blog from summer 2009 and see what it's like from a student perspective!
2009 Summer Program Flyer
Leadership for the program comes from the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
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