Description

Blended conference delegates are invited to join us for a conference case study day to see the city and discuss the conference themes.

Walking through the "neighborhood of the gods" (Plaka) and the oldest street in Europe (Tripodon Street), we start one of the most exciting promenades in the world (the classical Peripatos' walkway'). From the ancient theatre of Dionysus, where ancient tragedy was born, one of the components of the classical city – (Polis) along with Democracy and Philosophy. We cross Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, looking left the world-famous Acropolis Museum, built to honor the spirit and former grandeur of the Parthenon. To our right, in direct interaction with the area of ancient tragedy, they are the sanctuary of Asclepius (the hospital of Antiquity) and the Odeon (Conservatory) of Herod Atticus, a place for musical events and the practice of rhetoric art. We climb the Areopagus ("Mars Hill"), where for the first time, Christianity meets the Greek Philosophy (Stoicism and Epicureanism) officially. Apostle Paul delivered one of the most known sermons (Acts 17:22). From there, we can admire Antiquity's High Holy Place: The Athenian Acropolis (the imposing Propylaea, the temple of Erectheion with the Porch of Maidens, the Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon - the trademark of the city of Athens, the perfect example of Classic architecture from the 5th century BC.) and have a panorama of all of Attica. Following a 10' walk, we will visit the western hills, the Museion, Nyphaion and the Pnyx, the cradle of Western Civilization, where the Assembly of the city (Ecclesia of demos) of Athens met and exercised their democratic rights. You shall have the privilege to stand at the exact spot where Pericles addressed his fellow Athenians. We descend towards the ancient Agora (the par excellence public Space of Antiquity), seeing the Temple of Hephaestus, the best-preserved ancient Temple in Athens, and the Stoa of Attalus. We end up at the Roman Agora, Hadrian's Library and the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation.

Date: 21 June 2023 
Time: TBA
Duration: 2 hours 
Price: Complimentary to all In Person, Blended delegates, but requires to sign up
Meeting Point: Faculty of Theology main entrance
Language: English