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Herodotus Books 8 & 9 Conference Call
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus Books 8 & 9 conference call moderated by Andre Stipanovic. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Many thanks to all of our reading group members for making … Continue reading
Herodotus Books 8 & 9 Conference Call
Here is the audio recording for the Herodotus Books 8 & 9 conference call moderated by Andre Stipanovic. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Many thanks to all of our reading group members for making … Continue reading
Pompeii exhibit at The Discovery Center in NYC
For those of you who weren’t on the call before we started, I mentioned I had gone to see the Pompeii exhibit at the Discovery Center in NYC on Sunday. It was very interesting on its own, but also because some of the frescoes and artifacts dated f… Continue reading
Herodotus Discussion Questions for Books 8 & 9
Hi fellow readers, Here are the discussion questions for the final two books of Herodotus. Enjoy the read and blog your thoughts or email the group with your questions. Sincerely, Andre 1. In Book 8.40-65, Herodotus narrates the momentous conferen… Continue reading
Herodotus Book 7 Discussion
Here’s the audio recording for the Herodotus Book 7 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Continue reading
Herodotus Book 7 Discussion Questions
Dear fellow Herodotus readers, Please feel free to use these questions to guide you through your reading. We will use these questions as jump-off points for our next discussion scheduled for Mon March 7, 2011. Sincerely, Andre Stipanovic Question … Continue reading
Herodotus Book 6 Discussion
Monday February 7, 2011 Here is the recording of tonight’s Herodotus Book 6 discussion, moderated by Andre Stipanovic and Bruce Upbin. Please feel free to download it and listen to it at your own leisure. Continue reading
Herodotus Book 6 Discussion Questions
Dear fellow readers, Here are the discussion questions for Book 6, which you can use to help stimulate your thinking as you read for our next discussion (scheduled for Mon Feb 7. As you can see in our questions below, Book 6 presents many interest… Continue reading
Listen to the Herodotus Books 4 & 5 Discussion
Dear Herodotus readers, Thanks for a wonderful discussion tonight. The role of Greek colonists seems to have connected much of the narrative in these two books. Please feel free to listen to our discussion at your leisure (see attached). I look fo… Continue reading
Herodotus Books 4 & 5 Discussion Questions
Dear fellow Herodotus readers, I am thoroughly enjoying the accounts of Persian expansion and contact with the Greeks in Book 4. Book 5 has the special treat of describing the birth of democracy in Athens, somehow ironically nurtured in part by su… Continue reading