<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hey folks,</span></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Andre and I look forward to our call tonight.</span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Here's the call-in info. Bob Strassler will join us at 8:30pm.</span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Xenophon Intro call with Robert Strassler</b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>8:00pm New York time</b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">1</font></font><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">-888-350-0075 or 201-793-9022*</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Passcode: 1100494#</font></div></span></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Thanks!</b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Phil </b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>----- Original Message -----</b></font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hi Group,</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I am looking forward to our call tonight. Call info is below. I'll start the call, then at around 8:30pm EST Robert Strassler will share with us his experience with this text, especially in terms of seeing Xenophon’s <u>Hellenika</u> with 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 align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">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 align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Summary of passages (all taken from Introduction to Landmark Xenophon’s <u>Hellenika</u>) that will be referred to next call:</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Editor’s Preface (pp. lxvii-lxxiv, strongly recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Key to Maps (p. lxxxii, strongly recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Chronological Outline of Text (p. lxxix, recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Section 1, p. ix (strongly recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Section 2, pp. ix-xii (strongly recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Section 4, pp. xvii-xxi (recommended)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Section 7, pp. xxvi-xxx (optional)</font></div><div align="left" style="text-indent: 36px; text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Section 14, pp. lix-lxii (optional)</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><u>Xenophon 2010 </u>Hellenika<u> - Conference Call Schedule</u></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 1 - Monday January 11, 2010: Introductory call with Robert Strassler</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 2 - Monday February 22, 2010: Books I-II.3.10</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 3 - Monday March 22, 2010: Books II.3.11 - III</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 4 - Monday May 10, 2010: Books IV & V</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 5 - Monday June 7, 2010: Book VI</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Call 6 - Monday July 12, 2010: Book VII</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">* 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 align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Managing the Conference Call</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The following commands may be used participants during the conference call:</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">*1 Play menu of features so you know what's available</font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">*2 Mute/Unmute your own line so other people can't hear you talking.</font></div><br></body></html>