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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear fellow Greek Plays readers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Welcome to our Reading Odyssey discussion group. My name is Andre Stipanovic and I will be your moderator each month on our conference call discussions.
I have been working with Phil Terry and Pat Wictor on and off for almost 15 years now as a participant and as a moderator in these discussion groups. I have enjoyed reading and re-reading some of the most influential books in literature with them and others
like you. Now, with this new edition of Greek tragedies, I am looking forward to an in-depth reading of these plays with you and enriched with guest scholars like James Romm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My interest in the Classics started with a “production” of Shakespeare’s
<i>Julius Caesar</i> in 6<sup>th</sup> grade, in which I helped to assassinate Caesar! I love learning more about the history and culture of the ancient world, and have been fortunate to have shared my passion for the Classics in the classroom with my students
for over 20 years. Every summer I make time to explore a different and new area of the ancient world. Last summer, I devoted my time to learning more about letter writing and the epistolary genre of Greek and Roman literature. My other interests and hobbies
include camping, music, and chess.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In order to get to know one another a little better, I would like to encourage you also to share something about yourself with the rest of the group.
Let us know what makes you keen on reading the Classics and what you hope to get out of this experience. Just reply to all with a little bit about yourself.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Talk with you soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andre</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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