C.I.R.C.E. Itinerary - Ancient Greeks - Religious + Artistic + Heritage spheres.pptx

1. Implementation
In the footsteps of the
Ancient Greeks

2. Mobility to Athens (C3)
Description of the activities and expected results
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3. Map of the historical centre of Athens
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4. Day: Wednesday Morning (2st day of the activities).
Duration: 3 hours (09.30 – 12.30).
Place: Historical centre of Athens.
Sphere: Religious, Artistic and Intangible Heritage.
Topics:
1. Ancient religious monuments (5th c. BC) comparing with religious monuments of
medieval and modern era.
2. Ancient architecture and sculpture (5th – 1st c. BC) comparing with modern
architecture and sculpture (19th - 20th c. AD), religious and civic.
3. Traditional crafts, food and customs that can still be seen in modern day Athens.
Methodology: Cooperative learning, field survey, interaction, ITC, scavenger
hunt with Actionbound app.
Expected results for the students: enhance the intercultural skills, understand
the links that connect ancient to modern religion, art and way of life, learn how
to organize a treasure hunt with cultural content.
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5. Athena Group – Religious sphere
Students: 6
Adriana Giotopoulou (GR)
Lucia Carfagno (ITA) – Maria Vamvaka (GR)
Maritina Kontogianni (GR)
Mahmut Basar (TUR) - Boyko Mirazchiyski (GR)
a) 4 Greek students read the slides out loud at each place of
interest. Emphasis on these 4 monuments/sites:
1. Church-Monastery of Panaghia (Virgin Mary) Pantanassa, 2.Temple of
Hephaestus and Athena (“Theseion”), 3.Metropolitan Greek Orthodox
Cathedral, 4.Panaghia Gorgoepikoos.
b) All students are connected to the Actionbound app and participate in the
quizzes and missions. In case of an app failure the students will use the
handbook.
Accompanying teachers: Eleni Pappa (GR), Petros Tzagkarakis (GR),
Elisabeta Perotti Papaduli (ITA), Simona Vespasiani (ITA),
Gianfranco Cherubini (ITA)
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6. Artemis Group – Artistic sphere
Students: 7
Marialena Rodakni (GR)
Giulia Balsamo (ITA) - Maria Sidera (GR)
Eirini Christou (GR)
Furkan Sarıyar (TUR) - Spyros Chalkiopoulos (GR)
a) 4 Greek students read the slides out loud at each place of
interest. Emphasis on these 4 monuments/sites:
1. Ancient Greek Agora – Temple of Hephaestus and Athena (“Theseion”), 2.
Tower of Winds, 3. Lysikrates Choragic monument, 4. Theatre of Dionysus.
b) All students are connected to the Actionbound app and participate in the
quizzes and missions. In case of an app failure the students will use the
handbook.
Accompanying teachers: Eleni Pappa (GR), Petros Tzagkarakis (GR),
Elisabeta Perotti Papaduli (ITA), Simona Vespasiani (ITA),
Gianfranco Cherubini (ITA)
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7. Sophocles Group – Intangible Heritage sphere
Students: 6 (5 + 1 photographer)
Sara Buda (ITA) – Natalia Vassilaki (GR)
Dafni Kalocheri (GR)
Ferhat Findik (TUR) – Ilias Rodaknis (GR)
photographer : Olga Konidari (GR)
a) 3 Greek students read the slides out loud at each place of
interest. Emphasis on these 4 monuments/sites:
1. Athletics at Lyssiou str., 2.Craftmanship at Adrianou str. 3.Traditional Greek
tavern at Lysicrates sqr., 4.Greek Language and Drama at Dionysus Theatre.
b) All students are connected to the Actionbound app and participate in the
quizzes and missions. In case of an app failure the students will use the
handbook.
Accompanying teachers: Eleni Pappa (GR), Petros Tzagkarakis (GR),
Elisabeta Perotti Papaduli (ITA), Simona Vespasiani (ITA),
Gianfranco Cherubini (ITA)
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8. DAY 2 Itinerary (Religious, Artistic and Intangible Heritage spheres)
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9. The itinerary (Religious, Artistic and Intangible Heritage spheres)
1.Monastiraki sqr. – Church of Panaghia Pantanassa. (Religious – MONUMENT 1)
2.Hadrian’s Library.
3.Ancient Agora - Temple of Hephaestus and Athena aka“Theseion”.
(Religious – MONUMENT 2 and Artistic – MONUMENT 1)
4.Tower of Winds “Horologion Andronikou Kiristou”. (Artistic – MONUMENT 2)
5.Lyssiou srt.- Athletics. (Intangible Heritage – MONUMENT 1)
6.Mnisikleous - Pandrossou str..
7.Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Cathedral. (Religious – MONUMENT 3)
8.Panaghia Gorgoepikoos. (Religious – MONUMENT 4)
9.Adrianou str. – Traditional Craftmanship. (Intangible Heritage – MONUMENT 2)
10. Plaka – Tripodon str.
11.Lysikrates Choragic monument. (Artistic – MONUMENT 3)
12.Lysicrates sqr. - Traditional Greek tavern - Food). (Intangible Heritage – MONUMENT 3)
13.Theatre of Dionysus - Drama and Greek Language.
(Intangible Heritage – MONUMENT 4 and Artistic – MONUMENT 4)
14.Dionysiou Areopagitou Street
Expected duration of the activity: 3 hours.
Starting point: Monastiraki square
Finishing point: Acropolis Museum
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10. Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens. The
area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and speciality stores,
and is a major tourist attraction for bargain shopping. The area is named
after Monastiraki Square, which in turn is named for the Church-
Monastery of Panaghia (Virgin Mary) Pantanassa that is located within
the square. The main streets of this area are Pandrossou Street and
Adrianou street.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound QR code
2.Actionbound Quiz (Have a seat in front of the
church in the Monastiraki square. What can you see
in the south?)
3.Slide description (Greek student)
3.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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11. Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 at
the time when the city was part of the Roman Empire. Hadrian loved
ancient Athens and order the construction of many important
buildings.The Library followed a typical Roman Forum architectural style,
having only one entrance in Corinthian order, a high wall, an inner
courtyard surrounded by columns and a decorative pool in the middle.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound QR code
2.Slide description (Greek student)
2.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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12. The Ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek
agora, located near the Acropolis. The Agora's initial use was commercial, a
market place. Soon it became synonymous with democracy because it was one
of the main places in which the Athenians implemented their rights as citizens
(500 member Boule, courts, public offices), alongside the Pnyx hill and the
Theater of Dionysus. Ruins of many buildings of the athenian democracy and
economy can still be seen in the area. One of them has been restored: The
marvelous Stoa of Attalos, a massive 2 story market place of ancient Athens,
donated by the Greek king Attalos. Today it hosts a museum.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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13. There are three distinct orders in Ancient Greek architecture:
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. They became so popular through
time that they are still in use, mostly in Europe and America.
You can easily recognize the order by checking the capital of
the column!
Order of activities
1. Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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14. The Temple of Hephaestus and Athena Ergani or Hephaisteion
commonly called (wrongly) Theseion, is a typical ancient Greek temple.
It remains standing largely as built, one of the best preserved temples of
the antiquity anywhere in Europe. It is a temple of the 5th century BC
and is located in the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos
hill as one of the landmarks of the ancient city.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound Quiz
The temple of Hephaestus and Athena Ergani (Theseion) is
of which order?
2.Slide description (Greek student)
2.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
3.Actionbound Mission
(take a selfie posing like gods)
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15. The octagonal Tower of Winds is built of white Pentelic marble. It has a
conical roof, a cylindrical annex and two Corinthian porches. At the top
of each of the eight sides there is a relief representation of a wind,
symbolized by a male figure with the appropriate attributes and its name
inscribed on the stone. There was an elaborate waterclock in the
interior. The tower was built in the first half of the 1st century B.C. by the
greek astronomer Andronicos, from Kyrrhos in Macedonia.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound QR code
2.Slide description (Greek student)
2.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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16. Lyssiou street is one of the main streets in the “labyrinth” of the old
city of Athens, in Plaka neighborhood. It was paint like a tartan truck
in 2004 for the promotion of the Summer Olympics in Athens.
Athletics played a huge role in everyday life of Ancient Greeks. The
Olympic Games and numerous others athletic festivals were
considered of great importance for the Greek way of life.
Their legacy lives on.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
2.Actionbound Mission (Make a group video of 4 students
running on the "running truck" in Lyssiou str.)
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17. Pandrossou pedestrian street is the main street in old city Athens
for souvenir shopping. For this reason it can be said that it is an
important part of the old city as far as the economy is concerned. It
links Monastiraki square and the Metropolitan Greek Orthodox
Cathedral square and is packed with tourists especially in summer
days.
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Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)

18. The Metropolitan Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation is
the cathedral church of the Archbishopric of Athens and all Greece.
Construction began on Christmas Day, 1842 under the architect
Theophil Hansen and was continued by other architects until it was
completed in 1862. The Cathedral is a three-aisled, domed basilica in
neoclassical style but with many byzantine characteristics. Today is the
most important church of Athens.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
2.Actionbound Quiz
(The Metropolitan Cathedral is related to ancient Greek
art because at the entrance someone can see…)
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19. The byzantine church beside the Cathedral is known as Hagios
Eleutherios or Panaghia Gorgoepikoos. The beautiful small cross-in-
square church of the 12th century AD is situated next to the Cathedral
of Athens. The monument resembles an open-air exhibition of
sculptures because it incorporates 90 sculptures of different eras
(Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine) in its external walls as a testament
that ancient Greece was still “alive” in the Middle Ages.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
2.Actionbound Quiz (The church of Panaghia
Gorgoepikoos is unique because…)
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20. Adrianou Street starts in Agora Square, in the heart of Plaka, and
connects the centre of the ancient city of Athens to the Arch of Roman
Emperor Hadrian. Nowadays, it is one of the most visited streets for
tourists because there you can buy ancient Greek replicas, clothes and
shoes, eat in a traditional Greek tavern or just explore the labyrinth of
side streets that give shape to the Plaka neighborhood.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
2.Actionbound Mission (We would like to see
some street dancing in Adrianou str.!)
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21. Lysikrates Choragic monument was erected on the “Street of the Tripods”, one of
the ancient streets of Athens, in 334 B.C.. The circular building rests on a square
podium of stone, and consists of six Corinthian columns of Pentelic marble alternating
with marble panels from mount Hymettos. The columns are among the earliest
examples of the use of the Corinthian order in Athens. It was created as a celebration
for a victory in a contest of theatrical plays (tragedies) that were common in ancient
Athens. Many such monuments would stand nearby during ancient times.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound Quiz
(The Lysikrates Choragic monument is a circular
monument that consists of six columns of…)
2.Slide description (Greek student)
2.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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22. Key part in the Greek Intangible Heritage from the antiquity until modern era is
food culture. Ancient Greek cuisine was founded on the "Mediterranean triad" of
cereals, olives, and grapes, which had many uses and great commercial value.
Also, very popular in ancient Greek cuisine was fish, something to be expected from
people that were mastering the seas in the Mediterranean during the antiquity.
Modern knowledge of ancient Greek cuisine and eating habits is derived from
textual, archaeological, and artistic evidence.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound Quiz
(What is the name of a famous Greek food with roots in ancient Greece?)
2.Actionbound Quiz
(The name a tavern that you can visit in order to find our about Greek food
tradition is near by Lysikrates Choragic monument and has the name of a Greek
Philosopher who lived in a clay wine jar in the street. What is his name?)
3.Slide description (Greek student)
3.Actionbound Information (simultaneously)
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23. The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus was the major theatre in Ancient Athens, considered
to be the world’s first theatre, build in the 5th century BC at the southern slope of the Acropolis.
Dedicated to Dionysus the theatre could seat 17.000 people making it an ideal location for
Athens’ biggest theatrical festivals where Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus presented their
theatrical plays. Sometimes it was used as a place for the gathering of the Public Assembly
(Ecclesia tou Demou) instead of the Agora or the Pnyx hill. Theatrical plays was one of the
most important aspects of the Athenian Democracy and watching them was a major
democratic right for the people, both men and women.
Order of activities
1.Actionbound Quiz
(Who was the god protector of theatre?)
2.Slide description (Greek student)
2.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
3.Actionbound Mission (Make a video of acting as actors in an ancient tragedy.
Please wear your masks!
2 of the girls will be "actors" and will play a small part of "Antigone", the famous
tragedy of Sophocles. The roles are 2, Antigone and her sister Ismene.)
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24. Dionysiou Areopagitou Street is a pedestrianized street, adjacent to the
south slope of the Acropolis in the Makrygianni district of Athens. It is named
after Dionysius the Areopagite, the first Athenian convert to Christianity and
patron saint of the city of Athens. The street acquired its shape in 1955 by
architect Dimitris Pikionis and was finally pedestrianized in 2003. It is
considered the most beautiful street of the old city combining neoclassical
and eclectistic architecture with the unparalleled view of the Acropolis. All of
its buildings are inhabited.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
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25. The Acropolis Museum, one of the most important museums in
the world, houses the findings of only one archaeological site, the Athenian
Acropolis and its slops.
The museum was built to house every artifact, bronze, marble or clay found
on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to
Byzantine Greece. The masterpieces of the Golden Age of Pericles, such
as the frieze of the Parthenon and the Caryatides are displayed in this state
of the art building that was opened to the public in 2009.
Order of activities
1.Slide description (Greek student)
1.Actionbound Information
(simultaneously)
2.Actionbound QR code (in front of the Acropolis Museum)
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26. What has made the greatest impression on you
about this itinerary in Athens?
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