In the summer of 2023, Emory University’s Department of Classics hosted the second cohort of the Emory Classics Gateway Program. The program provided funding for three students with an interest in Classics to attend Emory’s Pre-College Summer Program for a two-week residential experience as rising juniors or seniors and take a course on Roman Pompeii.

Pictured from left to right are this year’s winners, Brianna McCray (Midtown High School), Maria Harle (Atlanta Classical Academy), Kristalyn Lee (Midtown High School) .

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How did ancient Greeks go to war, hold a festival, build a city, define their culture? This course explores the world of the people who spoke Greek, knew Zeus, and sailed from one end of the Mediterranean to the other. Our geographical range will reach from the coasts of modern Turkey to Greek cities in Sicily; our chronological span begins with the first appearance of human beings in the the Greek islands, and ends with the world created by Alexander the Great. Our readings are primary sources, including archaeological sites, artwork, ceramics, architecture and human remains; theatrical performances, athletic competition, rhetorical and philosophical schools; literary selections from epic, lyric, drama and history, as well as the archaeologies of war and violence, cultural identity, colonization, and mobility. Grades are based on in-class exercises, midterms, and a final exam.