This six-week class is for those who are interested in the ancient world or who might have been or will travel to Greece. It will include the Bronze Age world of the Minoans and Myceneans (and Trojans), Archaic and Classical Greece, and the Hellenistic societies emerging from Alexander the Great’s conquests.

We will explore archaeological remains, selections from ancient literature and philosophy, and modern scholarship all within the context of social, political, and cultural history.  And we will try to better understand the contradictory elements of Greek society - democracy and philosophy juxtaposed with xenophobia, misogyny, slave-holding, and violent conflict.

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About the Instructor

Tony Usibelli holds a B.A. in classical archaeology and art history from the Univ. of Missouri and the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. He is an active member of the Puget Sound chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Puget Sound Ancient Numismatic group and has taught classes at Evergreen and SPSCC. Tony has developed and taught classes on Ancient Italy, Greece and Egypt at the Olympia Senior Academy and through Bellevue College.

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