OΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ project

The Latinist and/or Hellenistic students of the LCA section of the Charles III College made an educational stay in Lazio and in the Gulf of Naples in February 2024.

The aim was to have them explore in situ the linguistic heritage, the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of ancient Rome and Greece and immerse them in the heart of these civilizations through the discovery in concrete of the richness and splendour of their remains to reveal how much they still irrigate our being in the contemporary world.

It is in the continuity of this human and pedagogical experience that this new project of school trip, baptized OΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ, small odyssey of the Latinist and/ or Hellenistic pupils of Charles III in homeric land has been inscribed, which took place from Sunday, March 16 to Friday, March 21, 2025

In front of the Temple of Poseidon at Cap Sounion, Doric building

Sunday 16 March 2025

In front of the Wind Tower in Athens

This is an ancient hydraulic clock located on the Roman agora. It is remarkable for the remains of the clock mechanism, but even more so for the high-relief figures of the Gods of the Winds that adorn each of its eight faces.

Monday, March 17, 2025

In front of the Parthenon/ Ὁ Παρθενών on the Acropolis of Athens.  It is the largest and most famous monument of the Acropolis.

Built in the 5th century BC, the Parthenon was not strictly a temple but a Doric octagonal peripteral building intended to house in a first room the grandiose chryselephantine statue (ie gold and ivory) of Athena, goddess protector of the city, and in the second, the treasure of the Athenians and the cities of the league of Delos, allied against the Persian empire.

Monday, March 17, 2025

Before the Gate of the Lionesses/ Πύλη των Λεόντων to Mycenae/ Μυκῆναι, city of the Pheloponnese of the hero Persée and king Agamemnon

This main entrance to the citadel is the only known example of monumental sculpture from the Mycenaean civilization and the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean world.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

In the orchestra/ ὀρχήστρα of the Epidaurus Theatre/ Eπίδαυρος, inside the Sanctuary of Asclepios/ Ἀσκληπιός

It is the best preserved and passes for the most accomplished of all ancient Greek theatres. 

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Before the Tholos of Olympia or Philippéion/ Φιλιππεῖον

It is a round building (a tholos) built at the initiative of Philip II of Macedonia.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

At the seaside in Naupacte/ Ναύπακτος, ancient Lepanto, in Locride 

The naval battle of Lepanto, in 1571, takes place off this city.

The Ottoman fleet of Selim II and the fleet of the Holy League clash. This Christian coalition formed under the aegis of Pope Pius V, included Venetian and Spanish squadrons, reinforced by Genoese, Pontifical, Maltese and Savoyard galleys. This battle ends with the defeat of the Ottomans who lose most of their ships.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025