Exploring Homer’s World: Bronze Age Greece
Mar 29 - Apr 10, 2025
13 days | Greece | Literary Adventures
What’s included: Airport transfers; accommodation based on double occupancy; most meals; transportation by private coach; sightseeing with qualified English-speaking guides; all entrance fees; taxes and gratuities; literary discussions; books and readings; fully escorted.
Itinerary at a Glance
Day | Activity |
1 | Meet in Athens |
2 | Explore “the most perfect poem in stone”, the AcropolisDay 3: Visit the dazzling modernist Acropolis Museum Day 4: Drive to Nafplion, with stop in Corinth |
5 | See the magnificent 4th century BCE theatre at Epidaurus |
6 | Argos, Tiryns, Mycenea |
7 | Fly to Crete |
8 - 11 | Daily discussions and explorations on Crete |
12 | Herakleon with visit of Knossos |
13 | Depart Crete |
Your Tour Leaders
Gary Schoepfel has been a leader with Classical Pursuits from the start. He's former VP of the Great Books Foundation and is a faculty member at Harrison Middleton University faculty. A worshiper of the Bard, lover of beers, bibliophile, fair in the kitchen, and kayaking enthusiast, Gary thinks that all that myths tell us is already buried deep in our bones.
Melanie Blake is the executive director of Classical Pursuits and organizer of the annual Toronto Pursuits cultural salon. She studied English and French at Fordham University and the Université de Montpellier, and has an MA in literature and linguistics from the University of Nottingham. She loves languages, cocktails, and the unexpected.
What’s included: Airport transfers; accommodation based on double occupancy; most meals; transportation by private coach; sightseeing with qualified English-speaking guides; all entrance fees; taxes and gratuities; literary discussions; books and readings; fully escorted.