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Tasting workshop
A tasting experiment! Taste Greek products, recognise the smells and play a game to develop vocabulary relating to taste.

This workshop includes the guided visit and tour based on the following activities:

Greek writing: Pupils are introduced to the ancient alphabet and learn how to write their name on parchment.
Aim: to familiarise children with the alphabet in different forms and to approach writing through play.
                         

Plate decorating: Children decorate cardboard plates, taking their inspiration from the patterns on Greek vases. Aim: to discover the main geometric patterns used in the ancient decorative arts.
                          

Mythological tour: Introduction to the main Greek myths and to the characteristics of the Ancient Greek gods.

Drawing ancient gods: The children draw a god, goddess or hero from the statues in the Galerie des Antiques. Aim: to discover movement, proportions, folds, etc.

                        
Making a mask: Using a mould from Greek theatre, the children create their own mask inspired by comedy or tragedy. Aim: introduction to the Greek Theatre in Antiquity.       

 

Guided tour of the Villa. Educational workshop on Ulysses and Homer’s Odyssey: Plunge into the epic poem written by Homère and trace the legendary travel of Ulysses (Odysseus in Greek) through the Greece. Various tools will be used: exhibition of watercolors on Ulysses’adventures, map of the ancient Mediterranean…

 

Guided tour of the Villa.
                

Lecture on classical authors (Medea by Euripides, Antigone by sophocles)
                          

Workshop on the customs and traditions of Antiquity
                         

Production of characters from Antiquity dressed in the costumes of the time.

For one week only, the Villa Kerylos reveals the secrets of its perfumes! Leather and paper in the library, spices and aromatic herbs in the banqueting hall, the scents of the sea in the thermal baths… Children can also discover the scents and smells with a creator of fragrances in a perfume workshop.

End of March 2010, precise dates will be announced on www.villa-kerylos.com. Price of the entry of the Villa.