GAME OF HEROES
HOMERATHON 6: A NON-STOP PERFORMANCE OF HOMER'S ILIAD
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, 10-11 OCTOBER 2017
HOMERATHON 6 IS CONCLUDED!
THANKS TO GVSU LIBRARIES AND TO THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.
THE SIXTH RUNNING OF AN EPIC EVENT
GAME OF HEROES: HOMERATHON 6
A Non-Stop Performance of Homer's ILIAD
Presented by the Department of Classics and the Mary Idema Pew Library, with the generous support of the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Dean of Students Office, and the Frederik Meijer Honors College.
** LIB 100 APPROVED **
"Fight in the Forefront"
"Suffer into Knowledge"
"Always be Best and Better than Others"
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Schedule of Events
Tuesday, 10 October
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room
WELCOME
THE HOMERATHON COMMENCES
Invocation of the Muse
The Rage of Achilles ⊕ The Great Gathering of Armies
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Throne Games: The Trojan War and the Collapse of Late Bronze Age Civilizations"
Eric H. Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology, The George Washington University
** LIB 100 APPROVED **
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room
RECEPTION
Refreshments Provided
8:00-8:30 p.m.
Pew Library Atrium
THE HOMERATHON RESUMES
Helen Reviews the Champions
8:30-8:45 p.m.
PROCESSION FROM PEW LIBRARY TO COOK-DEWITT CENTER
8:45 p.m.-midnight
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge
THE HOMERATHON CONTINUES
The Truce Erupts in War ⊕ Diomedes Fights the Gods ⊕ Hector Returns to Troy ⊕ Ajax Faces Hector ⊕ The Tide of Battle Turns
"Let Me Play Wise"
"Neither Flight nor Fear"
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Wednesday, 11 October
Midnight-12:30 a.m.
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge
THE HOMERATHON CONTINUES
The Embassy to Achilles (featuring "The Twelve Days of Book Nine")
PIZZA FEAST
12:30-1:30 a.m.
Begins at Cook-DeWitt Center
SCAVENGER HUNT
Join Odysseus and Diomedes for Adventures in the Dark!
1:30-5:30 a.m.
Cook DeWitt Center Lounge
THE HOMERATHON RESUMES
No admittance after 2:00 a.m. / GVSU community only
Marauding Through the Night ⊕ Agamemnon's Day of Glory ⊕ The Trojans Storm the Rampart ⊕ Battling for the Ships ⊕ Hera Outflanks Zeus ⊕ The Achaean Armies at Bay
5:30-7:45 a.m.
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge
SCREENING OF TROY (Wolfgang Petersen, 2004)
Presented by The Classics Society
7:45-8:00 a.m.
Zumberge Pond (weather permitting)
INVOCATION OF ROSY-FINGERED DAWN
(Sunrise at 7:53 a.m.)
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Pew Library Exhibition Space
THE HOMERATHON RESUMES
Patroclus Fights and Dies ⊕ Menelaus' Finest Hour ⊕ The Shield of Achilles
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Pew Library Multipurpose Room
THE HOMERATHON CONTINUES
The Champion Arms for Battle ⊕ Olympian Gods in Arms ⊕ Achilles Fights the River
BREAKFAST PRESENTED BY ETA SIGMA PHI HONORARY SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES
Noon-2:30 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room
THE HOMERATHON CONCLUDES
The Death of Hector ⊕ Funeral Games for Patroclus ⊕ Achilles and Priam
"Family Duty Honor"
"The Lot Falls to Me"
"Poets will Sing of Us"
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