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Art by Amanda Stevens
Odyssey LIVE!

On March 19, 2009, the Program in Classical Studies sponsored a reading of Homer's "Odyssey", complete and unabridged.  It started at 8:00 a.m. and finished at 10:30 p.m.  Performers included students and faculty from across the University.

A student committee, under the mentorship of Dr. John Given, planned and ran the event.  Its members were Samantha Canada, Sara Davis, Chelsea deMonch, James Duffy and Amanda Stevens.  The artworks used in advertisements were original drawings by Amanda Stevens.

 

 
Peter Green narrated the reunion of Odysseus and Telemachus in Book XVI and later Penelope's interview of the disguised Odysseus in Book XIX
Peter Green
 
The British Prof. Green brought down the house by giving the swineherd Eumaeus a Cockney accent
Peter Green
Tracy Donohue recounted two Penelope moments, her first sighting of Odysseus in Book XVIII and her proposal of the bow contest in Book XXI
Tracy Donohue
 
When night fell, wind and rain came hard.  James Duffy performed Book XX inside the Cupola.
Cupola
Odyssey LIVE! finished in a Joyner Library conference room, but the epic hardiness of the remaining audience was proved in the cold rain and darkness
Cupola
 

Photographs by John Given, Jennifer Valko
and Tricia Wilson-Okamura.  Used by permission.

 

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