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Students of the Classics who have taken at least two semesters of Greek are eligible to participate in CLAS 251: Individual Identity and the Material Culture of the Ancient Greek City. The spring semester seminar meets once a week and students immerse themselves in the history and culture of the ancient Greeks. The course is a full credit class which also takes participants on a three week tour of Greece, visiting Athens, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia, Delphi and other ancient sites.

The course examines the rise of the Greek city state, or polis, with a focus on its political, economic, social and religious institutions. The evolution of the polis is studied from its earliest form in the Bronze age to their conquest by Philip of Macedon in 338 B.C.E. Students will also learn about the Greek individual within his respective polis but also of those sites and customs that were shared among all the Greeks. Through the texts of Homer, Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and other selected readings, participants will acquire a deep understanding of the Greek way of life. Students are required to take on a semester long research topic to be presented on site in Greece. For more information check out the course description page.

The next Greece Extended Study is scheduled for spring 2011.