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Wellesley Education Expedition
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Fall
Sojourn in Greece:
The World of the Mycenaeans & Minoans |
2005
November 3 - 16
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A thousand years
before the Age of Pericles, two very different
civilizations arose in Greece: the Minoan—peaceful
and sophisticated yet prone to excess; and the
Mycenaean—warlike, but with a formidable
commercial empire and organized government. Today,
the memory of these civilizations lives on in
such icons as the Minotaur's horns and the Mask
of Agamemnon.
Join us for an illuminating 14-day
journey aboard the 34-guest private yacht Callisto
as we explore the history and relics of these
ancient people accompanied by Professor Mary
Rosenthal Lefkowitz '57, one of the most respected
and widely published classical scholars and faculty
director of Summer Symposium 2005, Ancient
Lives: Eternal Problems.
Our journey begins in Athens,
where we'll tour Eleusis, a fortified Mycenaean
settlement; the Kerameikos, an excavated ancient
cemetery; the Acropolis, site of the Parthenon
and Portico of the Maidens; or alternatively
the archaeological site of Brauron and its Sanctuary
of Artemis. We'll also explore the ancient heart
of Athens, known as Agora, and Athens' National
Archaeological Museum.
After sailing to Nafplion, we'll
continue to Mycenae, the legendary city of Agamemnon.
Next we'll explore the early Bronze Age communities
of Lerna and Tiryns, where imposing red walls
still stand 3,400 years after their construction.
In Melos we'll discover the remains of Phylakopi,
while in Santorini we'll investigate the prehistoric
settlement of Akrotiri. Our exploration of ancient
Minoan relics on Crete begins in the town of
Rethymnon and continues to Chania, one of Crete's
most picturesque towns. After rounding the southwest
corner of the island, we'll arrive in Ayia Galini
for excursions to the Minoan Palace of Phaestos
and to the ruins of Gortyn, the Roman capital
of Crete. We'll also explore an excavated palace
in Kato Zakros; fascinating Minoan settlements
in Mochlos and Gournia; seldom-visited Doric
and Classical remains in Lato; and a Minoan palace
in Mallia. Our tour concludes in Heraklion; the
Bronze Age cemetery of Phourni; and the Palace
of Knossos, whose corridors, stairways, and chambers
are decorated with frescoes illustrating life
as it was 4,000 years ago.
Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity as we explore the rich architectural
and cultural treasures of Greece's Bronze Age
civilizations.
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Mary Lefkowitz '57,
one of the best-known classical scholars in this country, is a graduate
of the Brearley School in New York and Wellesley College (1957). She
received her Ph.D. in Classical Philology at Radcliffe College in 1961.
She returned to her alma mater as an Instructor in Greek in 1959 and
became the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities in 1979.
Her
articles and reviews have appeared in such publications
as The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, and
The New Republic.
Her most recent book, Greek Gods, Human Lives (2003)
is "precisely
an attempt to write the gods back into Greek myths," according to
The New York Times Book Review. She is also known for
her work on women in antiquity.
Women's Life in Greece and Rome, which
she co-edited with
Maureen B. Fant, is the standard source book in the
field. She lives in Wellesley with her husband, Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones,
a former Regious
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More Information
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Trip Details
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and/or a detailed itinerary of this tour, please
contact:
Jayne Lew, Assistant
Director of Travel
Phone: 781-283-2389
Email: travelprograms@alum.wellesley.edu
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Duration: 13
days
Activity Level: Moderate
Cost: Past
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