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Program in Greece and Turkey
2001


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2001: A Greece & Turkey Odyssey
Students and Itinerary (very roughly!)
The Classical World


Mycenaean & Minoan
The Classical World
Byzantium & Beyond

 


and then we had a little break before returning to Athens . . .

sunset silhouette on the Cycladic island of Paros, which some students
visited during a break on the way back from Santorini to Athens


on the Cycladic island of Naxos, thanks to the Greek ferry boats,
this Ariadne was not left behind


OLYMPIA
Grayson Flitcroft contemplates the
fluctation of politics atop the Athenian acropolis: O tempora! O mores!
Grayson leads a class on the history of athletic competition on the track at Olympia

in front of the Philipeion . . .

. . . and on the race track at OLYMPIA


we all need someone we can lean on. Professor Schultz suffering from shoulder pain at Olympia

Corinth: our group first dated this temple based on the archaeological evidence, and then debated with 4 guest archaeologists (from this site and the American School in Athens) whether the temple was dedicated to Athena or Apollo--an undecided question in scholarly circles

Lindsay Bigelow ready for the ascent to Akrokorinth, a medieval fortress above the
classical site. And just how did those students get up on that ancient minaret, anyway?

despite the seating arrangements, at Ephesus the students give Professor Schultz their undivided
attention

here he is:
PETER 'Feel the Bulge' SCHULTZ, the Jesse Ventura of rock-'n'-rollin' site visits to disputed-identity classical and archaic Doric temples, and author of a groundbreaking study of the Nike temple on the Acropolis in Athens



a short detour from the group's itinerary, but chronologically in line, brings us to the home of Philip of Macedon and his great son, Alexander. While the palace at Pella is relatively modest, Philip's burial tomb at Vergina is splendid, as are many of the exhibitions in the Thessalonike museum, including the gold and bronze Dervini chalices, wedding gifts for a Macedonian prince, prominently featuring erotic scenes of the Marriage of Dionysus and Ariadne and the ever-present Satyr, importuning a reluctant nymph


not constrained like a certain friend of humanity, our group immersed itself in plentiful free time reading, ranging from Greek classics to classics of the 20th century


not everyone was thrilled at the prospect of
the final exam, but at least it was held in the tranquil garden lodge at the Hotel Kalehan, Selçuk (Ephesus)
the key to sucess, of course, is lots of hot chai next to the fireplace, daintily sipped from glass containers shaped like hourglasses

EPHESUS
PERGAMON
on the road in Turkey
TROY (the 'mound' at Hissarlik)
In thy western halls of gold
When thou sittest in thy state,
Bards, that erst sublimely told
Heroic deeds, and sang of fate,
With fervour seize their adamantine lyres,
Whose cords are solid rays,
and twinkle radiant fires
 Here Homer with his nervous arms
Strikes the twanging harp of war,
And even the western splendour warms,
While the trumpets sound afar:
But, what creates the most intense surprise,
His soul looks out through renovated eyes.
-- Keats, "Ode to Apollo"
TROY! it's only 495 kilometers from Ephesus . . .


Mycenaean & Minoan
The Classical World
Byzantium & Beyond