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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org">homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org</a> [<a href="mailto:homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org" target="_blank">mailto:homer2009-1-bounces@readingodyssey.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Beckwith Cynthia</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:01 PM</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org">homer2009-1@readingodyssey.org</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Homer2009-1] Conference call this Monday, Nov. 2, 8pm EST -- RSVP + q's</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Cyndie </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sent from my iPhone</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">On Oct 30, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Andre Stipanovic <</font></span><a href="mailto:astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">> wrote:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Just a reminder that our next call is coming up THIS Monday, November 2, 8pm EST (7pm Central).</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">(The exact same info as last time)!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Please drop me a note confirming:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">[ ]  Yes, I'll be on the call Monday.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Looking forward to the call, very much!!  I really enjoyed the last one!   I've included the questions we'll be looking at below.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Happy reading, and talk to you all soon!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">1. Book 9 - wise leader?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">the events of Aeolus’ bag of winds (pp. 141-143), Laestrygonians  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">4. Book 12 - Odysseus alone</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">5. Book 13 - Ithaka</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">6. Book 14 - Hospitality revisted?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">hospitality?  How does hospitality in this chapter compare with the  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">hospitality of the Phaeacians (Books 8-13) or Nestor (Book 3) or  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Menelaus (Books 4 & 15)?  In Book 14, Odysseus tells two long tales  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">7. Book 15 - Piety</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Telemachus’ piety show with respect to Theoclymenus?  How does  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">Eumaeus’ piety show with respect to Odysseus?  According to Greek  </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:6px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;">8. Book 16 - Telemachus and Odysseus</font></span></div>
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