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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Hi readers,</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Great call last night! We really covered good ground on Books 2 & 3, while shoring up our experience with Herodotus' method of narrating ethnography, geography, legend, history, and personal commentary. It was a very fruitful discussion. I especially liked looking more closely at his cultural comparisons. Many of you commented on the role of religion in Greek culture to help clarify Herodotus' point of view. Thanks for sharing your excellent insights. Many thanks to those of you who introduced discussion questions with your observations.</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">If you want to hear our discussion, please go to:</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://readingodyssey.posterous.com/" target="_blank">http://readingodyssey.posterous.com/</a></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">I look forward to our next call when we will discuss Books 4 & 5 on Mon January 10, 2011. In addition to reading about central and north eastern Asia, we will also learn more about the Greeks in Ionia and their revolt against the Persians.</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Until then, send your comments and questions out to the group via email. We will keep our blog updated and I will send out discussion questions for Books 4 & 5 within the week.</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Happy reading,</font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Andre</font></div>
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