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Podcast for Professor Paul Cartledge’s Marathon2500 inaugural lecture

Listen here to Professor Paul Cartledge’s terrific inaugural Marathon2500 lecture held Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies with a live audience and a remote network of more than 45 organizations, colleges and universiti… Continue reading

30. September 2010 by Arrian
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Ave atque Vale!

To all the participants in Shakespeare in the Spring,I’ve never been fond of goodbyes, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. My most heartfelt thanks to all of you who participated in Shakespeare in the Spring this year, whether you joined one call o… Continue reading

21. July 2010 by Arrian
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Link to Discussion of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Dear friends, We had a magical discussion of Twelfth Night last night to conclude Shakespeare in the Spring’s inaugural odyssey. You may listen to the discussion by downloading the .mp3 file: I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! All… Continue reading

21. July 2010 by Arrian
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The King Lear with the Happy Ending

Dear friends, During our discussion of King Lear, I mentioned that for more than 150 years beginning in 1681 English theatergoers experienced a very different version of King Lear, one with a “happy ending” supplied by one Nahum Tate. In this vers… Continue reading

15. July 2010 by Arrian
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Xenophon’s Hellenika July 2010 Book 7- Audio Recording

Here’s the audio recording for the Xenophon’s Hellenika Book 7 discussion. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Continue reading

13. July 2010 by Arrian
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Discussion Questions for Twelfth Night on Tue, July 20

Dear friends,The shakespeare@readingodyssey.org address is temporarily down, so I have sent a copy of this post to everyone through eventbrite.com, which you used to register for Shakespeare in the Spring.Our next and final discussion will take pl… Continue reading

08. July 2010 by Arrian
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Discussion of King Lear

Dear Friends, We had a GREAT discussion of King Lear tonight. To everyone who called in: thanks for all of your wonderful observations and probing questions. To those of you who couldn’t be on the call: I hope you have a chance to listen to and en… Continue reading

16. June 2010 by Arrian
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Discussion Questions for King Lear

Dear Friends, I look forward to our discussion of King Lear, which will commence in just a little while. I thought I would post the discussion questions on this blog, in case anyone wants to refer to them in the future. If you’re like me, you know… Continue reading

16. June 2010 by Arrian
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Xenophon’s Hellenika Book 7 Study Guide Questions

Hi all, I hope your reading of Xenophon’s Hellenika is fruitful. Here are some questions to guide you through the last book of Hellenika. We’ve spent almost half a year journeying through this important document together. Now, it is time for us to… Continue reading

14. June 2010 by Arrian
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Xenophon’s Hellenika June 2010 Book 6 – audio recording

Here’s the audio recording for the Xenophon Book 6 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Continue reading

08. June 2010 by Arrian
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