Program dates: 08/30/2015 – 12/05/2015
Study and travel will focus on the history and culture of Greece from the Classical Period to the Byzantine Era. Based in Athens and the island of Lesbos, the 15 students will have extensive excursions to archaeological sites important for understanding the ancient Mediterranean world (including travel into western Turkey).
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The Odeon of Herodes Atticus - Last night we all went to see a performance of The Trojan Women performed at an old Roman style theatre, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. This theatre sits beneath the Acropolis in Athens, with a view of both the entry gate and the back of the infamous Parthenon. The Trojan Women is a highly tragic play, […]Greek elections are over. Now what? - The Greek election is over. Alexis Tsipras and his leftist Syriza party “won” the election with 35% of the votes cast by 56% of the eligible voters in the country. To obtain a majority of the 300 seats in parliament Tsipras and his party have to form a coalition with the right-wing Independent Greeks party, […]
Greece before elections - Elections in Greece are just a few days away . . . the third time Greeks will go to the polls since January 2015. In January they elected the left-wing government that promised relief from the austerity measures imposed by the the EU and the nation’s other creditors as a result of two bailouts in […]
Greece - I made it here with the help of Greenhouse Scholars, I made it here as a Lewis and Clark Pioneer, but most importantly a kid like me made it here. To the top of the world. It may have had its twists and turns, but now even the biggest of doubters can know they can make […]