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Ancient Academy - Completing Grades 3-8
June 28 - July 9 — The Greek Social Life: Monuments, Militia & the Mind Celebrate the Greek tradition! 'Race' the original Olympics. Will you be crowned with 'laurel wreaths' and honored in story, poetry and song? Create your ode to fitness or to fun using the actual Greek alphabet. Give some thought to the powerful mind of Socrates. Why was Alexander the Great labeled a master of propaganda? How did he promote his war efforts? Explore the war epic Iliad, the book that Alexander kept under his pillow (along with a dagger). Try your hand at Greek architecture and sculpture, making hydria or skyphos pottery used for liquids, or other Grecian treasures! Untangle the family tree and hierarchy of the Greek gods, as we celebrate! July 12 – 23 — Ancient Greece: The Greek Party Life: Feasting, Festivals & Philosophy Costumes, masks, tragedy, comedy: Live the Greek high life as we recreate the Festival of Dionysius, food, fun and all! Then join the thespians, or observe and be crowned a patron of the arts. Make masks and props as we explore Greek theater. Reason with Plato and philosophize with Socrates. Explore the original sci-fi epic, the Odyssey, with strange monsters and weird situations facing our hero Odysseus! Can you write using the Greek alphabet? There’s always time for mayhem among the gods! Slave, free, stoic, cynic? Claim your role and experience the textures of everyday life in ancient Greece! For information about GRC Summer Academies or to request a brochure, please call 314-962-5920. |
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