Week 1: Mythical Seafaring
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DAY |
Morning Visits/Classes 10:00-13:00 |
Evening Classes/Visits 2:30-5:30 |
Readings (to be completed before class) |
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Monday 1/7 |
Introductions Welcome The Archeological Museum in Corfu The circular Tomb of Menecrates (late 7th century BC) |
Walk-Old Town
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Tuesday 2/7 |
The Trojan War-Myth and History Post-war seafaring - The Return of the Greeks from Troy – The theme of nostoi Quiz 1 |
Tempe of Hera (Heraion) and the Archaeological museum at Mon Repo The temple of Artemis Gorgo |
Aeschylus, Agamemnon Selections from the Odyssey |
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Wedn. 3/7 |
Study time |
An overview of the Archaic Age in Greece-Archaic Piracy – Merchants- The literary genre of periplous Mythical Geography/Ethnography Corfu and Scheria Quiz 2 |
The Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (3) The Homeric Hymn to Apollo Homer, the Odyssey, books 5-8 |
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Thursday 4/7 |
The Old and New Fortresses in Corfu town The Island Vidos |
The Palace of St. Michael and St. George Reception at Royal Gardens |
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Friday 5/7 |
Sea-Monsters, Sea/River Gods Maritime religion –The case of Corcyra Quiz 3 |
TEST 1 Casa Parlante |
Homer, the Odyssey, books 9-12 |
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Saturday |
Day trip toDodone and Nikopole |
NO CLASS |
NO READINGS |
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Sunday |
FREE DAY |
NO CLASS |
NO READINGS |
Week 2 : Historical Seafaring
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DAY |
Morning Visits/Classes 10:00-13:00 |
Evening Classes/Visits 2:30-5:30 |
Readings (to be completed before class) |
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Monday |
Naval Battles – Maritime Affairs 664 BCE First naval battle recorded in History (Corcyra vs. Corinth) The Persian Wars –The battle of Salamis The DelianLeague Quiz 4 |
Achilleion Palace, Kaiser Bridge and Roman baths in Benitses |
Herodotus, Histories, books 8 and 9 |
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Tuesday |
The Peloponnesian War- The battle ofSybota Class at Leykimi Quiz 5 |
Study Time |
Thucydides, Histories, book 1 |
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Wednesday |
Angel's Castle Palaiocastritsa |
The Peloponnesian War- The Sicilian expedition Quiz 6 |
Thucydides, Histories, book s 6 and 7 |
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Thursday |
Visit to Kassiopi Roman baths in Acharave |
An Overview of Colonization Colonies’ relations with metropoleis The Delphic Oracle Examples: Corfu, Cyrene, Sicily Quiz 7 |
Strabo 6.2.24 and Apollonius 4.1212 Plutarch Greek Questions 11 Herodotus, Histories, Book 4. 150-159 Sections from Tsetskhladze, G.R. (ed.). 2006.Greek Colonisation: An Account of Greek Colonies and Other Settlements Overseas. Volume 1. Leiden. |
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Friday |
Seafaring in the Hellenistic Times- Naval battle of Paxi Corfu in Hellenistic and Roman times |
TEST 2 Visit to Kanoni |
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 4 books |
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Saturday |
Day trip to Paxi and Antipaxi |
NO CLASS |
NO READINGS |
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Sunday |
Departure |
Paper due: One week after the end of the program
| Language Course | Class | Visits |
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15/7 Monday |
9:00-13:00 |
Walk in the Old town |
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16/7 Tuesday |
9:00-13:00 |
Archaeological Museum and the Circular Tomb of Menecrates |
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17/7 Wednesday |
9:00-13:00 |
Old and New Fortress |
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18/7 Thursday |
9:00-13:00 |
Public Art Gallery and Museum of Asian Art |
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19/7 Friday |
9:00-13:00 |
Museum of Kapodistrias |
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20/7 Saturday |
9:00-13:00 TEST 1 |
AchilleionPalace and Palaeokastritsa |
