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Book 1 Herodotus – audio recording
Folks, Here’s the audio recording for our call on Herodotus Book 1. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Herodotus-Feb2007-Book1.mp3 Thanks, Phil Continue reading
Good Book 1 call
Folks, I enjoyed tonight’s call on Herodotus Book 1. Special thanks to Shawn, Laurel and Oliver for kicking off our discussion on each of the three main questions! Our next call is one month away – Monday, March 5 – we’ll send out reminders well i… Continue reading
How’s Book 1 going?
Folks, Just checking in to see how it’s going with Book 1. Do you have any questions? Any favorite stories? Best, Phil Continue reading
Invitation to Athens-Sparta Exhibit
Folks, For anyone who lives in the NYC area, I’d like to invite you to join my other reading group in our trip to the Athens-Sparta Exhbit. Take a look and let me know. Here’s a link to the press release on the Onassis Cultural Center website:http… Continue reading
Herodotus intro call – audio recording
Folks, Here’s the audio recording for our introductory call: Download Herodotus2007-Jan2007-introcall.mp3 Thanks, Phil Continue reading
Questions for Book 1
Folks, Thank you for reading Herodotus with us in this “dry run”! You are such an interesting, diverse group. It’s a thrill to be doing this with you. Below are the questions we’d like you to keep in mind as you read Book 1. “See” you Monday, Febr… Continue reading
Introductory call for Herodotus (books, etc.)
Folks, I look forward to reading Herodotus with you. Our first call is: Monday, January 22 8pm new york time 1-800-615-2900 / 11758 Our assignment for this first call is the following: Read these pages from “How to Read a Book” 36 – “What is the r… Continue reading
Prof. Marincola speaks
Prof. Marincola, editor of the Penguin Edition of Herodotus which we are finishing reading, joined us by phone tonight from his offices at Florida State University. It’s a great conversation – if you missed it, then listen to the recording here. D… Continue reading
Call with Herodotus Editor
Our phone call with the editor of this translation of Herodotus, Prof. John Marincola, will happen next Monday. Monday, August 298pm ET1-641-297-5400 11758# Please email me in advance questions that you would like to ask (so that I can prepare Pro… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2- 4. How’s it going?
Folks, Now that most of us are reading Books 2 – 4. How’s it going? What questions or comments do you have? Look forward to your thoughts – Phil Continue reading →
08. August 2005 by readingodysseyauthor
Categories: Commentary, Herodotus | Tags: Herodotus | 1 comment