Uncovering Greek Religion: Athens Immersion Learning Experience
Uncovering Greek Religion immersion in Greece, May 7-17, 2023. This course studied the gods, worshippers, sanctuaries, rituals, festivals, and dedications of the ancient Greeks, and put these into conversation with institutions like democracy and warfare as well as the needs of individuals, from citizens to enslaved persons and other marginalized groups.
Dr. Bronwen Wickkiser (left) leads a conversation about divine healing in the sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros.
Dr. Wickkiser (center) talks with students as the group looks over the plain that lies below the Bronze Age citadel at Mycenae.
The Parthenon, Athens. Back row: Prof. Wickkiser, Nick Roberson, Evan Michael Miller, Jordan Donsky, Andrew Dever, Elijah Greene, Conner Taylor, Zach Kellerman, Noah Bierma, Sammy Saunders, Prof. Mong; front row: Cole Asbury, Mitchel Shea, Myles Bernat, Evan Mathis Miller, Jake Lawson, Noah McRoberts.
The Parthenon, Athens.
The Little Giants creating their own pedimental sculpture at the sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina. Evan Mathis Miller, Zach Kellerman, Nick Roberson, Noah McRoberts, Noah Bierma, Conner Taylor, Sammy Saunders, Andrew Dever, Jake Lawson, Mitchel Shea, Myles Bernat, Cole Asbury, Jordan Donsky, Evan Michael Miller.
Derek Mong, associate professor of English, reads his poem, “Ode to Aphaea,” beneath the ruins that inspired it.
Prof. Wickkiser (center) with Jordan Donsky and Conner Taylor at the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. .
Wabash students stage a footrace in the sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, a site that was excavated by Wabash alumnus Stephen Miller.
Byzantine church, Athens, constructed with bits of ancient monuments (spolia).
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina. Evan Mathis Miller points at details of sculpture that adorned the temple.
Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina. Prof. Wickkiser points to a reconstruction of the sculpture that once adorned the temple, most of it now in Munich.
Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina. Zach Kellerman admires rare evidence for polychromy on the architrave.
Students explore the sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina.
Temple of Aphaia, Aegina.
Sanctuary of Aphaia on Aegina. Jordan Donsky examines the sculpture.
The group poses for a photo at the Temple of Apollo, Corinth, with mighty Acrocorinth looming in the background.
Admiring the view from the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
Exploring sculpture in the Delphi museum. Nick Roberson, Evan Mathis Miller, Zach Kellerman, and Noah McRoberts.
The Treasury of the Athenians, Delphi.
Entrance to the colossal Tomb of Atreus, Mycenae.
Atop the Bronze Age citadel at Mycenae.
Andrew Dever explores the archaeological museum in Nauplio.
Conversations in the archaeological museum in Nauplio.
The famous Dendra suit of armor in the archaeological museum in Nauplio. Evan Michael Miller and Jake Lawson examine the remains.
Dr. Mong reads his “Odes to Asklepios” in the ruins of the sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros.
Elijah Greene studies a statue of the healing god Asklepios at Epidauros.
A conversation about architecture and music therapy in the sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros.