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Week 9 – Helen Banta

26 May 2024

This week we took our final weekend trip to Santorini and Crete. This was one of the most exciting weekend trips for me because we got to see the site…

fresco from Akrotiri

Week 8 – Helen Banta

18 May 2024

The past week or so has been primarily characterized by chance run-ins with government officials. When we were in Chalkida there was a protest that was happening for workers rights…

jazz band performance

week 7 – Helen Banta

9 May 2024

While living in Athens has primarily been akin to living in the US (though closer to what I experience on breaks living near downtown San Diego than to Northfield, MN)…

view of the acropolis over the first olympic stadium

Week 6 – Helen Banta

5 May 2024

This week we only had one meeting for Alex’s class, which we spent at the National Archaeology museum looking at vase paintings. This exhibit was closed to the public so…

Week 5 – Helen Banta

29 April 2024

This week may have been our most packed week yet as well as one of the most interesting and exciting. It began with with a trip back to the Acropolis…

ruins at Tyrns

Week 4 – Helen Banta

19 April 2024

While in this class on the OCS we have been heavily discussing history, especially of the specific places we are visiting, in one of my other classes, Classical Myth and…

bow and hair art from the National Museum of Contemporary Art

Week 3: Helen Banta

14 April 2024

This week was a more chill week than previous weeks so far. Our main outing as a class was going to the Cycladic Art Museum in Athens, but I also…

view of the acropolis at sunset

Week 2: Helen Banta

8 April 2024

We started off the week with a visit to the Athenian Agora on Tuesday. We got a super interesting tour by the director of the Agora, John Papodopoulos. It was super interesting to see how the geography of the Agora played out in relation to the Agora itself, both Ancient and modern.

stone bricks at Lamia

Week 1: Helen Banta

8 April 2024

This week we were meant to go to the Acropolis in Athens as well as Archaeological sites at The Mazi Plain, Oinoe, Eleutherai, and Aigosthena. Ruby and I however got…

the view at Aigosthena