We made a trip to Athens. Instead of parking at the airport, Tom drove into down town. We parked near Syntagma Square. As we got out I noticed a museum that was open, so we went in. It was a great find. It was actually the home of Heinrick Schleimann. Each year I try to gather a "course" of information including maps, tapes, and books. Last year we covered basic Greek history and the Iliand and the Odyssey. The Iliad and Odyssey were written by Homer and are still today considered some of the most improtant masterpeices of all of litereature. However, some believed that the stories were not true just literature, until Schleimann came along. Schleiman was a wealthy businessman and dymanic character that believed that the Iliad was historically correct, not just a story. He was obsessed by his beliefs and set out to find Troy and thus prove the Torojan War. Which he did. He found Troy, excavated it and then went on to find several other historically sidnificant sights including the center of the great Mycenaean culture in the Peloponnese.