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Classics. Lisa Brody, my summer session director and an art historian, offered memorable tours through the museums we visited. She also arranged for scholars to meet us at sites and give tours that often included access to areas restricted to normal visitors. Two particularly exciting tours were at Knossos and Mycenae. At Knossos, our group was allowed to walk down the grand staircase and explore the lower levels of the palace, and at Mycenae we visited the cult area behind Grave Circle A. The summer session was arranged chronologically. Our first trip out of Athens was to Crete, where we visited major Minoan palace sites, including Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, Gournia, and Kato Zakro. On our trip to the Peloponnese, we primarily visited Bronze Age sites and also some Neolithic and Classical sites. Highlights from this trip include being the first group to see a restored frieze block on the Temple of Zeus at Nemea, watching a performance of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata at Epidauros, and running in the rain to reach the Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Our final trip outside of Athens was to Northern Greece, where we visited sites that included Delphi, the |
Macedonian tombs at Vergina, Thessoloniki, and Olynthus. The time we had between these trips was spent visiting sites in Athens and Attica. Our session was introduced to the topography of Athens when we walked up Mt. Lykavittos. In Athens we went to the Agora, Kerameikos, Olympeion area, Acropolis, Piraeus, and the Roman Agora. Our trips around Attica included visits to Brauron, Thorikos, Sounion, Plataea, Eleusis, and Marathon. At the end of the session we took a ferry to Aegina and returned to the Piraeus, where our session was given the opportunity to row the |
trireme Olympias. The trireme was in dry dock for repairs, but we were still able to get a sense of what it must have been like to row in battle and the teamwork it required to get the oars moving. I will never forget the experiences I had in Greece as a member of the summer session at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. I was finally able to establish a context for everything I have learned about Greek art, culture, and mythology. My appreciation for ancient Greece has grown significantly and forever changed my perception of Classical Studies. |
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One of the stops was at the trireme Olympias at Piraeus |
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