DAY

Morning Classes/Visits

Evening Classes/Visits

Readings

(to be completed before class)

Monday 10/7

8:30-10:00

10:00 Introductions Welcome

11:30 The Archeological Museum in Corfu
The circular Tomb of Menecrates (late 7th century BC)

14:00 Lunch

17:00 -20:00

Study Time

Tuesday 11/7

Study Time - Library at the Ionian University

11:45 Casa Parlante

14:00 Lunch

16:30-19:30
Class
Trojan War- Myth and History
Post-war seafaring - The Return of the Greeks from Troy – The theme of nostoi

Quiz 1

19:30 Opening Ceremony and Dinner

Aeschylus, Agamemnon
selections from the Odyssey
3.130-200, 262-312

4.315-593

(READINGS FOR TUESDAY)

Wendesday  12/7

10:00-13:00
Class

An overview of the Archaic Age in Greece - Archaic Piracy - Merchants - The literary genre of periplous

14:00 Lunch

5:00-5:30
Quiz 2

5:30-8:30 Tour of the Old town Old Fortress The Palace of St. Michael and St. George

The Homeric Hymnto Dionysus(3)
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo
Homer, the Odyssey, books 5-8

Thursday 13/7

Study Time - Public Library - Fortress

14:00 Lunch Time

Class
Homeric Seafaring 17:30 - 20:30

Quiz 3

Homer, the Odyssey, books 9- 12

Friday 14/7

9:00 - 12:00 Class

Corcyra-Scheria

Study Time

TEST 1
16:00-17:30

Tempe of Hera (Heraion) at Mon Repos
The temple of Artemis Gorgo

Readings by Psoma

Saturday 15/7

9:00-20:00

Excursion to Ioannina (Dodona ancient theater, Silversmithing Museum, Byzantine Museum and Archaeological Museum of Ioannina)

NO CLASS

NO READINGS

Sunday 16/7

DAY TRIP PAXI-ANTIPAXI
(optional)

NO READINGS

Monday 17/7

STUDY TIME

14:00 Lunch Time

17:30-20:30

Naval Battles – Maritime Affairs
664 BCE First naval battle recorded in History (Corcyra vs. Corinth)
The Persian Wars – The battle of Salamis
The Delian League

Quiz 4 (after lecture)

Herodotus, Histories, books 8 and 9

Tuesday 18/7

9:00-12:00 Benitses Kaizer Bridge

Study time

14:00 Lunch Time

17:30-20:30
The Peloponnesian War- The battle of Sybota
Possible Class at Leykimmi

Quiz 5

Thucydides, Histories, book 1

Wednesday 19/7

Study Time

14:00 Lunch Time

The Peloponnesian War- The Sicilian expedition

17:30-20:30
Quiz 6

Thucydides, Histories, books 6 and 7

Thursday 20/7

Study Time – Article Presentation (12:00)

14:00 Lunch Time

15:30- 17:30 An Overview of Colonization
Colonies’ relations with metropoleis
The Delphic Oracle Examples: Corfu, Cyrene, Sicily

17:30-19:00 Afternoon walk with a tour at Vlacherna Monastery and Pontikonisi

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.

Friday 21/7

9:00 12:00
Class on Piracy
Study Time

16:00-17:30
Test 2 (Essay Questions)

17:30-20:00 Closing Ceremony and Dinner

Apollonius of Rhodes,

Argonautica, 4 books

Saturday 22/7

9:00-20:00
Excursion to North Corfu (National Gallery - Corfu branch, Mavromatis processing unit, Paleokastritsa, Achillion)

NO CLASS

NO READINGS

Sunday

Departure