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Each student will give two reports on site in Greece during our program. The list of students and their reports will be on this page. Students will choose topics that relate to their interests. Professors will help students with their topic choices and bibliography.
TASIA:
Mythology of Crete (Minos/Pasiphae/Minotaur, Dedalus/Icarus, Theseus/Ariadne, Europa/Zeus, Talos); Parthenon: Frieze, Metopes and Pedimental Sculpture.
YIANNIS:
Stoa of Attalos (Athens Agora); Knossos and Phaestos: Minoan Palace Architectural Features.
MANOLIS:
Delphi: The Oracle and Temple of Apollo; The Plague at Athens (429 BCE).
ALIKI:
Panathenaic Festival and Art; Olympic Games: History.
TAKIS:
Ancient Epidaurus Healing Cult; The Antikythira Mechanism (Athens National Museum).
CHARA:
Epidaurus Theater; History of the Parthenon: From Pericles to Modern Times.
DAPHNE:
The Greek Economic Crisis; The Coinage of Ancient Athens.
KOSTAS:
Gortyna Law Code (Crete); The Battle of Salamis (480 BCE).
MICHALIS:
Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone; Byron and Philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence.
DIMITRIS:
The Asia Minor Catastrophe and Exchange of Populations; Mycenae: Grave Circle A and the Tholos Tombs.
MARIA:
Cycladic Civilization: Marble Figurines; Olympic Games: Mythology and Religion.
ANNA:
The Trial of Socrates and Athenian Court System; Cold War Politics: The Greek Civil War (1944-1949).
MELINA:
Ancient Greek Wedding Customs and Art; Knossos Palace Frescoes.
KATERINA:
German Occupation of Greece (WWII); Olympia: Temple of Zeus (Sculpture).
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
Technology
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
History of the Greek Language: from ancient dialects to modern diglossia.
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 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)
Cycladic Civilization (Early Civilization of the islands of the Aegean).
Marble Quarries
The Romans in Greece
Hadrian (Roman Emperor) in Greece.
Oil Lamps: Use, Evolution, Decoration
Tower of the Winds (Athens)
Ancient Greek Wedding Customs and Art
The Areopagus of Athens
St. Paul in Greece
Military Fortresses in Greece
Ancient/Medieval Greek Ships
Greek Tyrants
Ancient Water Works (Aqueducts, Sewers, Pipes, Toilets, Baths)
Growth of Athens: From Ancient to Modern.
Herodes Atticus: Fantastic Philanthropist (Rich Benefactor)
IV. Possible Specific Report Topics: Post-Ancient (late Roman, Medieval, Byzantine, and Modern)
The Athens Metro
Daphni Monastery Mosaics
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
The Fourth Crusade (1204): Crusaders and the Byzantine Empire
The Venetians in Greece
The Venetians in Crete
The Franks in Greece (Franks arrived in 14th century for 4th Crusade)
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 German 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
The Cretan Struggle for Freedom (Union with Greece)
Battle of Lepanto (1571) at Naupaktos
Modern Kings of Greece: The Royal Family
The Corinth Canal
Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor: Modern Philhellene, WWII Hero, and Traveler.
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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.
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