From campania@one.net Thu Dec 14 19:05:43 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id TAA285822 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:05:42 -0800 Received: from mail3.one.net (IDENT:0@mail3.one.net [206.112.192.120]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id TAA08128 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:05:42 -0800 Received: from port-cvx1-12.access.one.net ([216.23.19.12] EHLO one.net ident: IDENT-NOT-QUERIED [port 48644]) by mail2.one.net with ESMTP id <267316-265>; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:05:40 -0500 Message-ID: <3A398B22.B0E228A1@one.net> From: Campanian Society Reply-To: campania@one.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04C-NECCK (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "classics@u.washington.edu =?ISO-8859-1?Q?*=A1"?= Subject: Trip to Western & Central Turkey-July, 2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:05:39 -0500 The Registration Forms are now available for . . . . TREASURES OF WESTERN & CENTRAL TURKEY JULY 22 - AUGUST 3, 2001 Directors Dietmar Hagel, Professor of Classics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Ersin Sakmar, Vice-President, Tursem Tours, New York, NY The Greeks called it Anatolia: the land of the sunrise. Sometimes in the past Anatolia (modern Turkey) has been treated as a mere land bridge, carrying Asia to Europe and Europe to Asia. Two conquerors have been given the name "Great" on the basis of their crossing of the bridge: Alexander of Macedon, marching from west to east, and Cyrus of Persia, marching from east to west. Mt. Ida on the west coast overshadows the greatest of the mytho-historic battles, the Trojan War; while Mount Ararat on the eastern end of the bridge climaxes the great theological story of Noah — it is here that the rainbow of Divine Promise first shone. Our best modern scholarship, however, draws us to a different image of Anatolia, as a center of an almost endless string of origins. Here, today we see Anatolia as the home of Indo-European languages; of Homeric poetry; of historiography in the person of Herodotus; of Aesop's fables; of the three orders of Greek architecture; of coinage and finance; of philosophy. This excursion visits selected sites which represent various early civilizations all of which influenced the development of Western (our) civilization. The Aegean coast boasts the beginnings of so much that we consider purely Greek: the lyric, architectural forms and codes, and, of course, the epic. We will see impressive monuments purely Greek like those of the second Athens (Pergamon) and Roman architecture which rivals the city's which gave it the name; places of the early church and an early synagogue. We will learn of the origin of epic and lyric poetry, historiography, natural philosophy, the invention of coinage, city planning, and of medical practice. Medical history was made at Pamukkale and at Pergamon, the latter the home of an ancient hospital you can still visit. The cities of Pamphylia are wondrously preserved and redolent of visits by Antony and Cleopatra and St. Paul. Aesop, Croesus the Rich, and the world's oldest synagogue vie for your attention in Sardis. In the same way, underwater archaeology has made Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus — home of Herodotus) a place where history is still being made. As we move to the east, we will encounter both older and more recent layers of human enterprise: the neolithic revolution or synthesis as seen in Catal Huyuk, the impressive testimonies of the Hittite, Seljuk and Ottoman Empires, and of the birth of modern Turkey. Two days in Istanbul (Constantinople) will sum up our experiences and show how these early civilizations have truly influenced Western (our) civilization. Throughout the course of the program, we will also enjoy breath-taking scenery, the (of course) turquoise sea, the plains, and the mountains; dry, warm weather and hospitable people with an exquisite cuisine. Program Includes: - Transatlantic flight from New York to Ismir with return from Istanbul. Add-ons available. - Accommodations in First Class Hotels. - All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). - Transportation throughout program, including flight from Ankara to Istanbul. - Sightseeing tours and excursions as described in itinerary. - Study Guide. Registration Deadline: March 30, 2001 For additional information, Registration Forms, detailed itinerary and prices, please contact: The Campanian Society, Inc. PO Box 167 Oxford, Ohio 45056. Telephone: (513) 524-4846 Fax: (513) 523-0276 E-mail: campania@one.net Website: http://www.campanian.org .