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Pre-departure Information

The 2009 Faculty Director of the Athens Program is Dr. Garrett Fagan, Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History.

Please note that this page will be updated often as program details are finalized.

Scheduled Course Offerings (tentative)

GREEK 099: Modern Greek Language and Culture (3 credits)--Athens Centre Staff. An intensive introduction to spoken modern Greek designed to enable students to use the language in their daily contact with the Greek people.

HIST/CAMS 399: Roman and Byzantine Greece (3 credits)--Dr. John Karavas. A survey of medieval Greece from the collapse of the western Roman Empire, through the rise of the Byzantine Empire, to the Ottoman conquest of the 15th century. Includes field trips.

ART HIST/CAMS/HIST 499: Archaeology of Ancient Greece (3 credits)--Dr. Steven Diamant (Athens Centre). A survey of the major historical monuments and sites, from the prehistoric period to Classical times. Includes field trips.

CAMS/HIST 499B: Greek Democracy--Dr. Garrett Fagan (CAMS). The course traces the evolution and workings of democracy in Athens from the 7th to 5th centuries BCE. For the 5th century, the issue of democracy and empire is also addressed. Readings are drawn from ancient sources (e.g., Solon, Herodotus, Thucydides) and modern scholarship. The course includes visits to relevant sites in Athens, such as the Acropolis (where monuments funded by imperial tribute were constructed) and the Pnyx (where democratic assemblies convened).

CAMS/HIST 499A: Greek Warfare--Dr. Garrett Fagan (CAMS). In this course, we examine the history and mechanics of Greek warfare, as well as its central place in ancient Greek culture. From the Bronze Age and Homeric epics down to the campaigns of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, we shall see how Greek arms and armies developed and changed over time, and ask why they changed. We also consider the place of warfare in Greek political life and cultural values. The course includes visits to museums to view Greek arms and armor, and visits to ancient battlefields, such as Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae, Plataea, and others.

SAMPLE BOOK LIST (from 2008 program)

Plato, Five Dialogues (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo)
recommended translation by G.M.A. Grube (Indianapolis: Hackett,1981)

Plato, Republic
recommended translation by Allan Bloom (New York: Basic Books, 1991)
any translation acceptable; Penguin books; Cornford (Oxford); etc.

Plato, Symposium
recommended translation by R.E. Allen (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991)
any translation acceptable; Penguin books; Hackett; etc.

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
any translations acceptable (Penguin recommended)

Aristotle, Constitution of Athens
any translations acceptable

Aristotle, Poetics (recommended as separate text)
any translations acceptable (Penguin recommended)

Many of these texts may be available for student use in the Athens Centre library. More information will be provided that might need to be purchased in advance.

2007 Program Calendar

(The 2007 calendar is offered only as an example of a typical field trip schedule for the program. The 2009 program and field trip calendar will be announced Fall 2008.)

Arrival Date:	Thursday, January 11
Orientation:	Friday-Saturday, January 12-13
Welcome Dinner:	Friday, January 12
Classes Begin:	Monday, January 15
Spring Break:	Saturday, March 10-Sunday, March 18
Easter Break:	Friday, April 6-Monday, April 9
Classes End:	Monday, April 30
Exams:	Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3
Farewell Dinner:	Friday, May 4
Move Out:	Saturday, May 5 by noon

Tentative Field Trip Schedule

Crete	January 21-25 (Sunday-Thursday)
Argolid	February 2-4 or 9-11 (Friday-Sunday)
Peloponnesos	February 27-March 3 (Tuesday-Saturday)
Central Greece	April 20-24 (Friday-Tuesday)

  (Note: Field trip schedule is subject to change)