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Reminder – 300 starts *this* Friday, 3/9
Just a reminder that the movie 300 comes out this Friday, March 9! I’m planning on seeing it this weekend. I hope that a few of you are going to check it out so we can chat about it online before our next call. Laurel Continue reading
Date change for April’s call
Our next conference call, originally scheduled for Monday April 2, will be moved back one day to Sunday April 1 out of respect for the celebration of Passover that week. Same time and phone #: 8-9:30pm NYC time, 1 800 615 2900, 11215# Continue reading
Herodotus Books 2 & 3 call-in information
Speak to you this coming Monday – Monday March 5 8pm (NYC time) 1-800-615-2900 11215# Books 2 & 3 Discussion Questions 1. Book 2 – How & Wells, in their Oxford commentary, remark: “As Herodotus introduces his long digression on Egypt with a refere… Continue reading
Favorite Herodotus stories?
Dear Herodotus fans, What are your favorite stories from Books 2 & 3? Reply with just a few words! I crack up when I read his Cat in the Hat version of Egyptian customs: “The Egyptians eat out in the street and go to the bathroom inside their hous… Continue reading
Daniel Mendelsohn’s “The Lost…”
Daniel Mendelsohn, classicicst and professor of humanities at Bard, has written a beautiful, sad book that I strongly recommend each of us read. The book – The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million – chronicles his lifelong quest to find his six r… Continue reading
Schedule, edition for The Old Testament
We have started our long-awaited reading of The Old Testament. The schedule of calls is noted below. We’ll be reading The New Oxford Annotated Bible All calls are Tuesdays at 8pm NYC time at this call-in number 1-800-615-2900 11215 – Tuesday, Marc… Continue reading
Welcome, midstream orientation
Welcome new readers to our Herodotus reading group (currently in progress, Books 2 & 3)! For the new readers joining us now, we have set up a brief conference call – to orient you and help you join us midstream – for this coming Monday evening at … Continue reading
How are books 2 & 3 going?
Folks, Just wanted to do a quick check in. How are Books 2 and 3 going? Are you impressed with Herodotus’ AAA travel brochure for Greeks vacationing in Egypt? Perhaps you have a sudden inclination to watch the movie “The English Patient” again? Do… Continue reading
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
Athens-Sparta Exhibit review
Folks, Pat Wictor, Shawn Budde and I went to the Athens-Sparta exhibt at the Onassis Cultural Center in NY, yesterday, Friday, February 16. We were all amazed by the quality of this small exhibit – there were a number of items that have either nev… Continue reading →
18. February 2007 by Arrian
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