Marble head of a Kore from the Acropolis of Athens (ca 490 BC). Acropolis Museum, Νο. 684. Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 1883, pl. 6.
I woke with this marble head in my hands; it exhausts my elbow and I don’t know where to put it down
George Seferis, Mythistorema 3 (1940)
George Seferis, Mythistorema 3 (1940)
Detail from the “Ring of Nestor” (ca 16th c. BC). Ashmolean Museum. A. Evans, The Palace of Minos III (1930), pl. XXa.
In our night one firefly, ancient people’s memory, faintly glimmers
Costis Palamas, Moloch (1904)
Costis Palamas, Moloch (1904)
Statue of a youth, by Stephanos (ca. 50 BC). Rome, Villa Albani. Annali dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica 37 (1865), pl. D.
The statues are for gazing at them and to understand a joy inside you
Eleni Saranti, The garden with the statues (1980)
Eleni Saranti, The garden with the statues (1980)
Amazonomachy scene (4th c. BC). Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Α. de Laborde, Collection des vases grecs de Mr. le Comte de Lamberg (1813), pl. XX.
My only care my language on the shores of Homer
Odysseus Elytis, The Axion Esti (1959)
Odysseus Elytis, The Axion Esti (1959)
Μosaic in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (10th c. AD). W. Salzenberg, Alt-christliche Baudenkmale von Constantinopel (1854), pl. XXVII.
I take hold of your ancient hand, my beloved Greece, I kiss your bitter pulse and listen
Thanassis Venetis, On clouds of madness (1984)
Thanassis Venetis, On clouds of madness (1984)
The Archaeologist’s Home also begins its school year, like all schools, with a completely new educational program for the wonderful Mycenaean world and its Linear B Script specially designed for elementary students! What if this world is distant? We break his secret codes and bring him to us as we narrate his myths, observe and touch his replicas, ‘bring to life’ scenes from his clay vases.
But not only that! We also create our own clay ‘pages’- Linear B tablets written in the first Greek of the world, as the Mycenaeans themselves did!
The Archaeologist’s Home does not forget its favorite program that many children participated in and remember! This time, however, our action has been designed especially for Kindergarten and Elementary students (1st, 2nd, 3rd grade). What is it like to live in a city under which there is another ancient city? What is it like to live in a country where ancient history springs up from everywhere? A narrative about all that surrounds us, focusing on Ancient Athens, full of myths, experiments, mystery, excavations and archaeological study! Lilliputian archaeologists please hurry up, the ancient ruins of Athens ‘talk’ to you in their own way and have been waiting for you for such a long time!