Student Site Report Assignments: Greece, 2015
Each student will give two reports on site in Greece during our program.
2015 STUDENT SITE REPORTS
Beasley, Kate
Olympia: Temple of Zeus (Sculpture)
Knossos: Irakleio Frescoes in Irakleio Museum
Bryles, Kathryn
Delphi: Temple of Apollo and Oracle
Mycenae: Lion Gate
Hannah, Ethan
Gortyna Law Code
World War II: The Battle of Crete
Hill, David
Ancient Greek Astronomical Technology: The Antikythera Mechanism (Athens)
Knossos: Palace
Keaton, Morgan
Tiryns: Fortress and Palace
Dodona: Oracle of Zeus
Martinez, Madison
Plague in Ancient Athens
Eleusis Mysteries
Murray, Rachel
Hosios Loukas Mosaics
Battle of Actium. Nicopolis
Shell, Alexander
Attic Border Forts (Aegosthena, Eleutherae)
Phaistos Minoan Palace
Snyder, Faithe
The Athenian Acropolis as a Citadel: from Mycenaean to Modern
The Panathenaic Festival and Games
Thibado, Natalie
Theater of Dionysos Athens
Mythology of Mycenae (Oresteia trilogy)
Timpson, Aleta
Stoa of Attalos and Restoration
Greece and Turkey: The Compulsory Exchange of Minority Populations (1923)
Watkins, Alyssa:
What’s in a Name? National Identity and the Macedonia Question
The Athenian Democracy: Ecclesia, Boule, Dikasteria
Wells, Wesley
Olympic Games
The 4th Century: Triumph of Christianity
Don't be afraid to choose something about which you know very little. The purpose of this trip is to broaden your knowledge.
Students will work with the professors during the first pre-trip meetings to choose their report topics. The information below will give you an idea of what to think about. Below are general and specific areas to consider. We will help you to narrow down your choices, based on your interests. Look at the general and specific areas (below) and let us know at the meeting (or by email) what interests you and what preferences you have. We look forward to working with you.
I. General Areas: Ancient
Agriculture (Mediterranean Triad, wine, olives,and grains.)
Archaeology (including modern restoration projects and international controversies over cultural patrimony)
Architecture (temples, fortifications, churches)
Athletics
Warfare (land and sea)
Burial/Funerary Customs/Cemeteries
Democracy
Economics
Inscriptions
Language
Law
Literature (epic, tragedy, lyric poetry, history, comedy)
Medicine
Art (Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics, Mosaic, Fresco)
Mythology
Numismatics (coins)
Oracles (ancient prophetic sanctuaries, e.g.)
Palaces (Minoan/Mycenaean; Crete and Mycenae)
Religion
Seafaring
Sexuality
Slavery
Theater/Drama
II. General Areas: Post-Ancient (Medieval and Modern)
BYZANTINE (MEDIEVAL) AND PRE-MODERN GREECE:
Religion
Byzantine Art & Architecture
Wars, Warfare, and Battles
MODERN GREECE:
Foreign Policy/Relations/Diplomacy
Wars, Warfare, and Battles
Economy
Culture (Music & Literature)
Society
Archaeology
III. Possible Specific Report Topics: Ancient
Parthenon Sculpture: Metopes and Pediments (NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM)
Parthenon Architecture
Erechtheion (Athens Acropolis)
Propylaia (Athens Acropolis) PROPYLAIA (ATHENS ACROPOLIS)
Pericles' Classical Building Program in Athens
Temple of Hephaistos and Athena (Athens Agora)
Stoa of Attalos (Athens Agora)
Odeion of Agrippa (Athens Agora)
Monument of the Eponymous Heroes (Athens Agora)
The Athenian Acropolis as a Citadel: from Mycenaean to Modern
The Panathenaic Festival and Games (Athens)
Hadrian and Athens: The Philhellenic Emperor
Ancient Greek Astronomical Technology: The Antikythera Mechanism (Athens)
Theater of Dionysos (Athens)
Choregic Monument of Lysicrates: Theater Victory Memorial (Athens)
Eleusis: Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone
Battle of Salamis (480 BCE)
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE)
Battle of Actium (31 BCE)
Battle of Pharsalus (48 BCE)
Battle of Chaironeia (338 BCE)
Attic Border Forts (Aegosthena, Eleutherae)
Women in Ancient Greece
Delphi: Temple of Apollo and Oracle
Delphi Museum: Sculpture from the Temples of Apollo
Delphi: Treasuries and their sculpture (Athenian, Siphnian)
Olympia: Olympic Games
Olympia: Temple of Hera and altar (where the modern Olympic torch is lit)
Olympia: Temple of Zeus (Architecture)
Olympia: Temple of Zeus (Sculpture)
Mycenae: Lion Gate, Fortifications, Palace
Mycenae: Tholos Tomb (Treasury of Atreus) and Grave Circle A
Epidaurus: Theater
Epidaurus: Healing Cult of Asclepius and Abaton (Sleeping/Healing Hall)
Epidaurus: Tholos and Temple of Asclepius
Tiryns: Mycenaean Palace
Knossos: Minoan Palace (Crete)
Ancient Greek Coinage
Phaistos: Minoan Palace (Crete)
Gortyna Law Code (Crete)
IV. Possible Specific Report Topics: Post-Ancient (late Roman, Medieval, Byzantine, and Modern)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Byzantine/Orthodox Monasticism
The Great Schism (1054): Eastern Orthodox—Roman Catholic Relations
The Byzantine Mosaics of Hosios Loukas Monastery
Byzantine Ecclesiastical Architecture
Meteora: The Monasteries in the Air
The Fourth Crusade (1204): Crusaders and the Byzantine Empire
The Venetians in Greece
Venice and Ottoman Turkey: the Destruction of the Parthenon (1687)
The Philhellenes and the Greek War of Independence (1821)
Ali Pasha of Ioannina and the Greek War of Independence
Heinrich Schliemann and the Discovery of Mycenae
Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos ("Palace of Minos")
Antiquities Smuggling in Greece
The Return of the Parthenon (“Elgin”) Marbles
Greece and Turkey: The End of the “Great Idea:” The Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922)
Greece and Turkey: The Compulsory Exchange of Minority Populations (1923)
Greece and Turkey: The Cyprus Question
World War II: Greece Under Occupation (1941-1944)
World War II: The Holocaust in Greece
World War II: The Battle of Crete
The Greek Civil War (1944-1949)
The Colonels: Greece Under Military Rule and the Restoration of Democracy (1967-1974)
What’s in a Name? National Identity and the Macedonia Question
The Jews of Greece
The Adoption of the Euro and the Greek Economic Crisis
Greece--USA Relations
Illegal Immigration in Greece: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The Development of Greek Tourism
Athens: From Provincial Backwater to Modern Metropolis
The Blues of Greece: Rembetika Music
Poetry and Politics: The Music of Mikis Theodorakis
The Literary Works of Nikos Kazantzakis
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When beginning to research your reports, we strongly suggest that you start with the Classical Studies Library Guide: http://uark.libguides.com/content.php?pid=99332&sid=745363.
On this site you will find basic texts for your reports. It contains a tremendous amount of useful material on all aspects of the classics. Our own Mullins Library librarian Beth Juhl created this page. She is, in fact, a classicist herself, and loves to help our Classical Studies students with their research projects (bjuhl@uark.edu). After you have perused this page and located some bibliography and have further questions, feel free to email Beth. She is the Library’s Electronic Resources librarian, and has access to many databases, too.