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Homer’s Odyssey: In Search of Ithaka

Take Odysseus’s place as leader of the fleet

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Onassis Library

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Monday-Friday
Time
09:00
Venue
Onassis Library (Amalias 56, Athens)

Information

Addressed to

5th through 8th graders

Dates

November 2019 - May 2020

Cost

Free admission

Application and selection process: Applications should be send to education@onassis.org by 15 October, 2019.
Responses will be given by 1 November, 2019.

Experience Odysseus’s journey from Troy to Ithaka, following his every step, as well as the decisions he makes as a leader.

Imagine being the captain of a ship, setting out on your own Odyssey. Would you manage to reach your destination with the least possible losses?

Inspired by more than 50 old and rare editions of Homer’s texts in the Onassis Library, you’ll get to travel with Odysseus’s ship from Troy to Ithaka. At every port a crucial decision awaits. And at every stage you’ll have to face the consequences of your decisions.

Through Odysseus’s adventures, you’ll learn the basics about game theory, discover various models of leadership and management, and wonder what might happen if you made a different decision.

Photo © Stavros Petropoulos

Credits

  • Ph.D. candidate, NCSR “Demokritos,” Artificial Intelligence Lab, founder of the organization Harismatheia and International Baccalaureate Educational Advisor

    Alexandros Papandreou

  • MA Educational/Instructional Tehcnology, Primary school teacher in literature, language, and history

    Antonia Daponti

  • Secondary school teacher in literature, language, and history

    Eleni Poulimenou

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