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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello to all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My name is Larry S. Mills. I am a lawyer in
Danville, IL. This will be my first Reading Odyssey adventure; I just ran
across the program in November. I have never done a reading group such as
this promises to be. To get a taste of my interests, here is a link to my
Librarything collection. For those who are not familar with Librarything,
it allows a person to catalog their books online. My current collection
includes approximately 1/2 to 1/3 of my actual collection. Here is the link - <A
href="http://www.librarything.com/home/lsmills">http://www.librarything.com/home/lsmills</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have wanted to read Xenophon for a good while and
never got around to it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org
href="mailto:astipanovic@mail.hockaday.org">Andre Stipanovic</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=Xenophon2010@readingodyssey.org
href="mailto:Xenophon2010@readingodyssey.org">Xenophon2010@readingodyssey.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B>
[Xenophon2010_readingodyssey.org] Xenophon's Hellenika ReadingGroup - First
Call</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Welcome to the Xenophon’s
<U>Hellenika</U> reading group!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">I am Andre Stipanovic and will be
your moderator for the next 7 months as we discuss this great book, published
in the Landmark series and edited by Robert Strassler. We are fortunate
to have Robert Strassler himself join us on our first call scheduled for
Monday January 11, 2010. </FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Here is the game plan for our
first call.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">I would like to start out by
introducing you to information important to reading this key text of early 4th
century Greek history. First, we will talk a little bit about how to get
the most out of this particular edition of <U>Hellenika</U>. Please make
sure to get a copy of the Landmark Xenophon edited by Robert Strassler if you
haven’t already done so. Then read the Editor’s Preface (pp.
lxvii-lxxiv) and Key to Maps (p. lxxxii) to help you get acquainted with the
format of this very user-friendly book. I also suggest you briefly look
over the Chronological Outline of Text (p. lxxix) and bookmark it for later
reference as a handy ‘road map’ of how events unfold in later books. I
will briefly comment on these sections before I take us through events leading
up to Book I (pp. ix-xii) as well as Xenophon’s life (pp.
xvii-xxi).</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Then Robert Strassler will share
his experience with this text, especially in terms of seeing Xenophon’s
<U>Hellenika</U> in respect to other sources we have of events in Greece in
the 4th century B.C. He will be explaining to us why comparing sources
is critical in terms of understanding Xenophon’s intent and veracity.
You can look over pp. xxvi-xxx and lix-lxii in the Introduction to get
acquainted with these issues if you like before or after the
call.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">I would like to keep our calls as
focused as possible on our reading, so as a way of getting to know each other
before our first call, would you ‘reply to all’ on this email with a little
bit about yourself: What motivates you to read books like Xenophon’s
<U>Hellenika</U>? What other kinds of books do you enjoy reading and
why? </FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Summary of passages (all taken
from Introduction to Landmark Xenophon’s <U>Hellenika</U>) that will be
referred to next call:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Editor’s Preface (pp.
lxvii-lxxiv, strongly recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Key to Maps (p. lxxxii, strongly
recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Chronological Outline of Text (p.
lxxix, recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Section 1, p. ix (strongly
recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Section 2, pp. ix-xii (strongly
recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Section 4, pp. xvii-xxi
(recommended)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Section 7, pp. xxvi-xxx
(optional)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36px" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Section 14, pp. lix-lxii
(optional)</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman"><U>Xenophon 2010 </U>Hellenika<U>
- Conference Call Schedule</U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 1 - Monday January 11, 2010:
Introductory call with Robert Strassler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 2 - Monday February 22,
2010: Books I-II.3.10</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 3 - Monday March 22, 2010:
Books II.3.11 - III</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 4 - Monday May 10, 2010:
Books IV & V</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 5 - Monday June 7, 2010:
Book VI</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Call 6 - Monday July 12, 2010:
Book VII </FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Your phone number is:
</FONT><FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face=Arial>1-888-350-0075 or 201-793-9022*</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Your passcode is:
1100494#</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">* If readers have unlimited long
distance on their home phones and can call in from non-cell phones, then we
ask they use the 201 number to help us save money, if
possible.</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">Managing the Conference Call
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">The following commands may be
used participants during the conference call: </FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">*1 Play menu of features so you
know what's available</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"
color=#000000 size=+0 face="Times New Roman">*2 Mute/Unmute your own line so
other people can't hear you talking.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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