When: Wednesday, October 6, 2021| 07:00 PM in Athens

Where: You may join the event online (Zoom)

Organized by: Consulate General of Greece in Boston, the Boston University Philhellenes and Department of Classical Studies, and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts at The American College of Greece.

About the Event

This event will be broadcast via Zoom as a commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War for Independence and the 2,500-year anniversary of the end of the Persian Wars. Exactly 2,500 years ago, in the years 480 and 479 B.C., the Persian forces invading Greece attacked and devastated the city of Athens. The destruction of the city at that time led to many developments, including construction on the Acropolis and, eventually, the Parthenon. Memories of these events and the remnants of that devastation, and the reconstruction that followed, arguably left a permanent mark on the physical and psychological image of Greece.

Event moderator:
Professor Loren J. Samons II
Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer
Executive Director, Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts
The American College of Greece
Professor of Classical Studies, Boston University

The event is sponsored by the Consulate General of Greece in Boston, the Boston University Philhellenes and Department of Classical Studies, and the Institute for Hellenic Culture and the Liberal Arts at The American College of Greece.

Meet the Speaker:

Professor John Camp is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College and since 1994 has served as Director of the Athenian Agora Excavations at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.