[TCNJ Greece Program has  been cancelled for Maymester 2012.  For alternative programs in Russia, please contact the Center for Global Engagement at goglobal@tcnj.edu in Green 111.]

 

TCNJ Maymester in Greece – May 16-June 5, 2012

HON 351 – An Odyssey in Greece: An Exploration of Ancient Greek Culture and Places (1 unit, Liberal Learning Elective in Literary, Visual and Performing Arts; Global)

Program Directors: Dr. Lee Ann Riccardi, Art/Classical Studies and Dr. Glenn Steinberg, English/Classical Studies

No Pre-Requisites, Language Requirements, or GPA Restrictions – Open to all students (including current first-year students)

Application Forms Available Here

This three-week experience includes visits to the major classical sites of Athens, Olympia, Delphi, and Epidauros, as well as Mycenae and other major bronze age sites.  The course examines various artistic media and intellectual traditions, especially literature, philosophy, architecture, and decorative sculptural programs in their concrete, physical context, with attention to their religious and cultural functions as well as their political, social, and/or artistic value.  The study of the ancient sites, focusing on the religious, political, and topographical aspects that shaped the foundation, growth and development of these important ancient places, will take place mostly on site and in the museums.  Particular emphasis is placed on the religious meaning and function of the sites in regard to rituals, festivals, and games.  At the same time, students read literary texts, especially the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and examine the ways in which these literary works themselves developed out of religious ceremony and explored religious beliefs and images in order to contribute to or challenge social and cultural cohesion.

Excursions:

Orientation at Hellenic Education & Research Center (HERC)
Modern Greek language lesson
Acropolis Site
Ancient Athenian Agora
National Archaeological Museum
Acropolis Museum
Corinth; Acrocorinth, Corinth archaeological site & museum
Epidauros
Nafplion
Mycenae
Tiryns
Archaeological museum in Nafplion
Sparta; archaeological museum, Artemis Orthia, acropolis
Olympia museum and Olympia site
Marathon, Brauron, Sounion
Kerameikos
Hosios Loukas
Delphi; site, Parnassus hike
Delphi archaeological museum
Meteora
Vergina and Veroia
Pella
Thessaloniki Museum
Thessaloniki
Thebes
Benaki Museum
Aegina; Temple of Apollo, Temple of Aphaia Nike

Program Cost: