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James Lavadour’s Point
This is “Point” by James Lavadour, the Slow Art of the day, at the Boise Art Museum, a participating museum for Slow Art Day 2011. Please check out twitter and follow @SlowArtDay: http://twitter.com/#!/SlowArtDay. For more information and free reg… Continue reading
What an Average Ancient Greek Looked Like
Museumgoers get their first glimpse of an average resident of ancient Greece.DNA from a mass grave found in Athens in the mid-1990s helped experts identify typhoid fever as a possible source of the plague that killed off one quarter of the city’… Continue reading
Herodotus Book 7 Reader Call, March 7, 2011
Here is the recording of tonight’s Herodotus Book 7 discussion, moderated by Bruce Upbin. Please feel free to download it and listen to it at your own leisure. Continue reading
Listen: Herodotus Books 4, 5 Reader Call
We had a great call this evening about Herodotus Books 4 and 5. Scythia and its mysteries and might and the Persian incursion (and ultimate withdrawal in defeat) became the primary topic for the first hour. We put the conflict in Scythia in contex… Continue reading
The Landmark Series has a new web site
The Landmark Series is the most accessible and detailed set of classics editions ever published of the great works of Thucydides, Herodotus, Arrian and Xenophon. The series editor Bob Strassler is a board member of the Reading Odyssey. The Landmar… Continue reading
Alexander the Great Discussion Series Part 3
Interested in Alexander the Great? Join us for: – Weekly dialogue between historians Paul Cartledge and James Romm See below (and check back here each week) – Arrian’s Alexander the Great – In a New Voice Free evening conference/reception in New Y… Continue reading
Alexander the Great Discussion Series Part 2
Interested in Alexander the Great? Join us for: – Weekly dialogue between historians Paul Cartledge (PC) and James Romm (JR)See below for the second dialogue (and check back here each week). First dialogue is here. – Arrian’s Alexander the Great -… Continue reading
Alexander the Great discussion series – part 1
Interested in Alexander the Great? Join us for: – Weekly dialogue between historians Paul Cartledge and James Romm See below for the first dialogue (and check back here each week) – Arrian’s Alexander the Great – In a New VoiceFree evening confere… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2 & 3 Conference Call (Bruce’s Group)
Here’s the audio recording for the Herodotus Books 2 & 3 call for Bruce’s group. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your iPod (or Zune!). Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2 & 3 Discussion Questions
Dear fellow Herodotus readers, Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all. I hope your reading is coming along well. Here are the discussion questions again for you to ponder as we get ready for our next discussion scheduled for Monday December 6 @8pm … Continue reading