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Please reply: Reminder and *new number* for tonight’s call – Thucydides Book 2
Hi everyone,I wanted to remind of you of tonight’s call, January 5, and to give you the new call in information for the Thucydides reading group. Please update your calendars as this will be the call in information now.Monday, January 58pm Eastern… Continue reading
Clip: the first “computer” reassembled?
Folks,Pat Wictor, the cofounder of the reading groups, sent me a link to an article about the successful reassembly of the world’s first “computer.”A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has bee… Continue reading
Thucydides Study questions Book 2
Dear fellow readers, What a great conversation we had on Book 1. I appreciate the input you all gave on that call. I was impressed with the questions you all raised and how many different approaches came up. We will have to bring up Thucydides’ ph… Continue reading
Thucydides in the Movies?
Hello everyone,It was fun to rent a movie during my Herodotus reading when someone mentioned that his book was part of the movie, “The English Patient.” I was wondering if you know of any movies that contain Thucydides?I believe I ran across one b… Continue reading
Thucydides December 2008 Book 1 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Thucydides book 1 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Thucydides-December2008-Book1 Continue reading
Book I
Dear all,I have enjoyed reading all of the responses to reading Thucydides. It is a very inspirational book for Phil and me. I hope that your reading is continuing to be as enjoyable as mine is. I have been thinking much on how Thucydides wraps up… Continue reading
thucydides book 1 thoughts.
Gang,From just the opening emails and thoughts, it’s clear this will be a great group. Really looking forward to the call Monday night. Like others, I have been unable to put it down and I’ve read the speeches back through several times. Thought I… Continue reading
how are you approaching Thucydides?
I am on my first run through…and have been doing about 15 pages a sit down (done about 30 so far)…I only stop because I’ve got some other stuff to attend to; it’s not that I am thinking while I am reading that it is so interesting but I keep think… Continue reading
reading Thucydides, how are others doing?
Thanks to inter-library lending, I now have a copy of the Landmark edition we are reading until mine gets here from Amazon. I read the intro, forward & first 20% or so of Book 1 this weekend. I’m spellbound. It’s like this Hellenic Greek nobleman … Continue reading
Thucydides Book 2 Outline
Dear fellow readers,I want to wish you a warm holiday season in this extremely cold weather (yes, it is even cold here in Texas!). I am looking forward to our next call on Monday Jan 5th. Till then enjoy the reading. I have included an outline of … Continue reading →
23. December 2008 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Thucydides | Tags: Commentary, Thucydides | 1 comment