HELLENIC DEMOCRACY
Est. 1836
Course : Introduction to Ancient Greek Art, and Architecture.*
Dates : September 2 nd to 11 th ,2014
Credit units : 3 semester units
Lectures and site visits : A total of 48 hrs, over 10 days, of lectures and discussions ,
during visits in museums and ancient sites.
Student involvement : Daily 3 hours of sketching, keeping notes,
studying-observing and taking photographs.
Final grade : Progress based (a) on keeping a sketch book with thorough
notes and records, and (b) the submission to the faculty of
ASFA of a paper on a topic of their interest, after returning
to their home base.
Study tour Itinerary :
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September 2 nd Tuesday (Day 1) - Arriving to Athens,
Registration at the hotel. Afternoon Introduction /lectures at the university.
Dinner at the hotel , 1 st night in Athens.
 September 3 rd Wednesday (Day 2) –
Visit the Acropolis, the Museum of Acropolis, and the National Archaeological
Museum in the afternoon.
Dinner at the hotel, 2 nd night in Athens.
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42, Patission st. - 106 82 Athens
web site: www.asfa.gr

* The course is administered by the “Philomuse” Educational Entity of The Athens School of Fine Arts
(ASFA) and the instructors are members of the faculty of the university.
 September 4 th Thursday (Day 3) - Morning depart for Delphi, on the way brief stop to see the Byzantine monastery of St.Loukas.
The mountain road leading to Delphi , via Arachova, is according to the myth the road where Oedipus met and killed his father ,whom he had never met before.
Arrive in Delphi register at the hotel and then visit the Ancient site of Delphi,
Dinner at the hotel , night at Delphi.
 September 5 th Friday (Day 4) - Morning visit of the Delphi Archaeological
Museum , leaving in the early afternoon for Olympia, cross the Bay of Corinth to
Peloponnesus, and via Patras continue to Olympia .
Dinner at the hotel ,1 st night in Olympia.
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September 6 th Saturday (Day 5) - visit the Ancient site of the Olympic games and the Archaeological Museum .
Dinner at the hotel , 2 nd night in Olympia.
 September 7 th Sunday (Day 6) – Morning depart for the temple of Apollo of
Vassae via Andritsena.
From Vassae continue through the mountains of Arcadia ,via Tripoli and Argos arriving to the Tomb of Atreus and Mycenae.
Arriving at Nafplion, Dinner at the hotel, 1 st night in Nafplion.
 September 8th Monday ( Day 7) Morning visit the citadel of Tiryns, and the
Medieval Castle of Nafplion.
Afternoon drive to the Asklepios sanctuary and the ancient theater of Epidaurus .
Dinner at the hotel, 2 nd night at Nafplion.
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42, Patission st. - 106 82 Athens
web site: www.asfa.gr

 September 9 th Tuesday (Day 8 ) - leave for Ancient Corinth, visit the Agora, and
Archaeological Museum, cross the Corinth canal and continue to Athens, along the road which according to the myth was the route of Thesseus going to
Athens.
Dinner at the hotel ,3 rd night in Athens.
 September 10 th Wednesday (Day 9) - Morning visit, the ancient Agora of Athens, and then the Byzantine Museum.
Early afternoon concluding lecture at the university. Discussion of the choices for the final papers , late afternoon drive to the temple of Poseidon at Cape
Sounion,
Dinner at the hotel ,4 th night in Athens.
 September 11 th Thursday (Day 10) –Drive through central Athens ( the Ancient
Stadium , and 19 th century Neoclassic Athens) tour ends at Athens airport , departure for Prague.
Please Note:
1- Transport will be provided for all the 10 days in Greece, starting from day one and ending at the airport of Athens the last day . Transport from and to the Athens Airport is included in the price if the students arrive from Prague and leave Athens as a group.
2-The faculty will discuss with the students the choices of topics. The students will collect information, keep notes, sketch and take photographs, while in Greece and when they return back to their base they will write a paper on that topic and mail it to the instructor, for final grades
Information and registration forms at www.asfa.gr
homepage see reference to this program or contact : Ms Maria Papageorgiou at: appform@asfa.gr
. Registrations by
July 31 st , 2014.
Εντυπο/Form 1-rev.7/2014
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42, Patission st. - 106 82 Athens
web site: www.asfa.gr