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Greece: Offering Greek Literature, Greek Comedy & Tragedy, and Art & Drawing
* Please note: There are a limited number of seats available on the group flight (Option 2). If you select Option 2 and there are no more group-flight seats available, KIIS will help you find a good alternative.
The program begins and ends in Athens. Here (as in every place we visit) our hotel is centrally located. Classes will be held on the hotel's rooftop garden with a magnificent view of the Parthenon. After five nights in Athens, we travel by ferry to the Greek islands: first to the impressive archaeological site on the island of Delos, and then on to the beautiful island of Naxos for an eight-night stay. After a brief return to the mainland, an overnight stay in the port of Piraeus (home of some of the best ancient bronze statues), the group will again board a ferry and travel to Siphnos, an unspoiled island in the Cyclades. The stay here will include a day trip to the neighboring island of Melos, where the "Venus de Milo" was found and Thucydides' famous "Melian dialogue" is set. Students may opt to hike to the ancient gold mines of Siphnos and to take a course in Greek folk dancing.
After a brief stopover in Athens the group will travel by private motor coach to Delphi (with its famous oracle of Apollo), Olympia (home of the Olympic games), and on to the charming seaside town of Nauplion, the first capital of modern Greece. This will serve as our base for exploring the Argolid, with excursions to Mycenae ( home of the legendary King Agamemnon), Argos, Corinth (where Paul preached), Eleusis (site of the famous mystery cult), and the popular ancient healing theater. The group will then visit Athens once more before returning to the U.S.
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Participants NOT presently matriculated at consortium-member schools must add $300 to the program fee. However, students from non-consortium member schools who are past participants in KIIS programs do not pay the $300 fee. Also exempt from the $300 fee are teachers in Kentucky and alumni of consortium-member schools.
Although KIIS has tried to foresee all possible expenses in formulating program fees, it should be clear that the total cost is subject to change necessitated by fluctuation in airline fares and/or foreign currency valuation.
ART 140: Drawing I: Introduction to Drawing This course is designed to improve students’ basic drawing skills through a broad range of visual experiences, and to introduce elementary visual ideas using traditional techniques. On-site experiences will help students develop responsive drawing methods. ART 340: Drawing III: Advanced Drawing In this course, students will work on refining their technique, furthering their sensitivity to the expressive potential of both dry and wet drawing mediums and classical forms or ideas within visual structures. Topics such as classical sculpture, colors, space and architectural forms particular to the Aegean will be discussed. Necessary materials will be introduced at the Spring orientation. ENG 396: Mythology ENG 399: Topics in English: Love in Ancient Greek Literature This literary survey examines various genres of ancient Greek prose and poetry in English translation, including epic (Homer) and lyric poetry, drama (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes), philosophy (Plato), and history (Herodotus and Thucydides). Two main principles organize the course: the readings follow the study-abroad itinerary, while essays and other writing projects investigate the course theme: ancient Greek portrayals of love and desire. HUM 192: Literature and Drama of Ancient Greece and Rome: Classical Greek Tragedy HUM 192: Literature and Drama of Ancient Greece and Rome: Classical Greek and Roman Comedy RELS 399: Study Abroad: Myths and Mythmakers Myth, Greek style. We’ll spend time with the hapless earthlings, the undaunted heroes, the capricious gods, the mighty monsters whose tales lie at the heart of the Western experience. We’ll take a look at patterns of mythic discourse that continue to influence our culture’s epic blockbuster films. We’ll explore how myth infuses art and literature and what myth does for a society: in short, the poetics and politics of myth. THEA 375: Topics in Drama: Classical Greek Tragedy After discussing Tragedy as defined in Aristotle's "Poetics" students will have the opportunity to study the great tragedies of the Golden Age of Greece (5th Century BC) in the setting in which they were written. While studying Aeschylus' "The Oresteia", Sophocles' "The Theban Plays", and Euripides' "Medea" and "The Bacchae", among others, they will encounter such themes as adultery, justice, moderation, pride, revenge, and suffering. THEA 375: Topics in Drama: Classical Greek and Roman Comedy After discussing Comedy as defined in Aristotle's "Poetics" students will compare/contrast the brilliant, bawdy, satirical, chorus based Old Comedy of 5th Century BC Greece with the bawdy, romantic, and domestic comedy of ancient Rome. While studying Aristophanes' "The Frogs" and "Lysistrata" and Plautus' "The Brothers Menaechmus" (on which Shakespeare based his play "Comedy of Errors"), among others, students will become acquainted with the evolution of style and content as connected to the writers' political environment, as well as their influence on contemporary comedy. Such themes as literary criticism, politics, mistaken identity, and love gained, lost, and gained again will be studied.
Dr. Christine Shea, Co-Director, Ball State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , 765 285-1361
Dr. Richard King, Co-Director, Ball State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , 765-285-1361
Dr. Patricia Minton Taylor, Western Kentucky University,
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Here is your KIIS Student Handbook -- please read it to find answers to many of your questions.
To finalize your KIIS application, complete and mail to KIIS the following 4 forms by April 1st. Note: Two of the 4 forms need to be notarized. You may locate a Notary public at your university, public library, local bank, etc. (You’ll need to send the forms 10 days in advance to ensure the materials are received by April 1.)
ISIC Cards: Greece participants must also purchase an International Student Identity Card (ISIC) - essential for discounts in Greece. Once purchased, email a copy of the card and card number to KIIS at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For more details, see "Money Matters" in your student handbook. Orientation and Payment Info:
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