Temple
to Apollo
Corinth, Greece Millsaps
Greek
Field Studies
Greek
Legacy Field Studies is a complement to a multi-disciplinary course
on the Legacy of Ancient Greece. This spring trip is designed to introduce
students to the art, archeology and culture of Greece. We start our
trip in Athens, where we explore the majestic Athenian Acropolis,
the mazes of the Old Town Plaka, and view the riches of the great
museums in Athens. We will also visit Cape Sounion with its magnificent
temple ruins perched on a mountain top, a temple the great English
poet Byron also visited and while there inscribed his name on one
of the columns.
We
then proceed overland to Corinth, the city of Medea
and the site of Paul's Letters to the Corinthians, the
charming city of Nauphlion, the thrilling remains of
the Bronze Age culture of Mycenae, where Agamemnon,
Clytemnestra, Orestes and Electra played out their fateful
history, the elegant and extensive ruins of Asclepius'
healing sanctuary and its magnificent theater, still
used for outdoor performances, and finally to Olympia,
the temple sanctuary of Zeus and Hera and the Olympic
Games.
By
ferry we then travel to the stunning mountain sanctuary of the Oracle
of Apollo at Delphi, passing by the crossroads where Oedipus is
said to have murdered his father. We then travel to Santorini, where
stark white towns hang atop black volcanic cliffs, to visit the
remains of a bronze age city, Akrotiri, destroyed by an eruption
of a volcano in 1500 B.C. This vigorous civilization and its demise
is, according to many, enshrined in myth as Atlantis. We also visit
Crete, the island site of extensive Bronze Age palaces and cities,
as well as Mycenae and Delos.
The
Classical Studies Department also regularly sends
undergraduate students to summer, semester, and year-long
programs at the College
Year in Athens (CYA) in Athens, Greece. CYA offers
a variety of courses in Greek and Latin, Classics,
archaeology, Aegean prehistory, Greek and Mediterranean
history, Greek anthropology, architecture, religion,
ancient art, and modern Greek language and literature.
The year and semester programs consist of numerous
trips to sites around mainland Greece, Crete and the
Aegean, as well as a number of courses actually taught
on site or in Greek museums. The program is open to
qualified undergraduates in Classics, classical archaeology,
art history, history, anthropology, and classical
studies.
Millsaps
also has a working relationship with Dr. Timothy Gregory,
of the Ohio State University, and the Isthmia
Project. Students who have attained fieldwork experience
can apply to work with Dr. Gregory at Isthmia, Greece,
a large Panhellenic sanctuary dedicated primarily to
the worship of Poseidon, located near Corinth.
For more information about Isthmia, contact David
Davis.
