14th Homeric Academy - 14η Ομηρική Ακαδημία

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The 14th Academia Homerica will take place 8-17 July 2011, in Athens and on the island of Chios, with a visit the island of Oinousses or Psara.

General Information

July 8: Arrival of all participants in Athens. Stay at the Hotel Titania, 52 Panepistimiou Str. (between Syntagma and Omonia Square). Dinner.

July 9: Visit to the Acropolis, the New Acropolis Museum and the National Archaeological Museum. Lunch. Departure to Chios by ship in the late afternoon.

July 10: Arrival in Chios and installation at the Boarding House of the Aegean University and hotels. Official opening of the Academia Homerica at the Homereion Cultural Centre.

July 11-16: Lessons and lectures in the Homereion, various activities and trips: sightseeing visits to places in Chios town and island, e.g. the archaeological site of Emporio, the Mastic villages, Nea Moni, Daskalopetra (where tradition has it that Homer taught), and trips to nearby islands.

July 17: Presentation by the students. Closing of the congress. Departure for Piraeus by ship in the evening.

July 18: Arrival at Piraeus in the early morning and return to town by bus. (NB: Participants are kindly requested not to book return flights before noon. Private direct return by bus/metro from Piraeus to the Airport is possible).

Deadline for applications

Please register your application before May 10, 2010 on the following website: www.euroclassica.eu > Academiae > Academia Homerica > Registration.

Participation fees: 500 € (this covers full board in Athens and Chios in mostly double/triple rooms*, ship tickets, and all excursions). Flight tickets to and from Athens are not included.

Students' Programme

Students with at least some acquaintance with Homeric/Ancient Greek will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge of Homer’s poems and their historical context – on Homer’s own territory!

• Students will attend their lectures and lessons mainly at the Homereion Cultural Centre in Chios (and in different places on the excursion days).

• The programme will be directed by Prof. John Thorley (GB) assisted by Dr. Antony Makrinos and other professors from European Universities.

• The programme will include classes on Homer, Odyssey, 6.

• It will also include lectures and seminars on Homeric topics, Mycenaean and Trojan archaeology, as well as Greek/Chian epigraphy and history.

• Lessons and lectures will be conducted in English.

• The programme also contains educational tours and visits together with the participants of the other sessions.

All participants are invited to take part in the optional Greek traditional dances session in the afternoon.

Informação completa aqui.

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