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The FIFTH Running of an EPIC Event

HOMERATHON FIVE: A Nonstop Performance of Homer's Odyssey

Presented by The Department of Classics and The Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons

With the Generous Support of The Office of the Provost, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University Libraries, The Dean of Students Office, Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Frederik Meijer Honors College.

6:30-7:30 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room

WELCOME
Lee Van Orsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State University

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Reading Other Minds in the Odyssey”
Ruth Scodel, D.R. Shackleton-Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan

7:30-8:30 p.m.
Pew Library Atrium Level

RECEPTION
Refreshments Provided

8:45-10:00 p.m.
Zumberge Pond
(weather permitting)

THE HOMERATHON COMMENCES
Invocation of the Muse
Athena inspires the prince • Telemachus sets sail

10:00 p.m.-midnight
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge 

THE HOMERATHON CONTINUES
King Nestor remembers • The king and queen of Sparta • Nymph and shipwreck

Midnight-1:00 a.m.
Out-of-doors
(weather permitting)

ΣΧΕΡΙΑ QUEST
Find clues to the mythical land of the Phaeacians scattered around campus.

1:00-2:00 a.m.
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge

PIZZA FEAST

2:00-8:00 a.m.
Cook-DeWitt Center Lounge

THE HOMERATHON RESUMES
No admittance after 2:00 a.m.
Refreshments and games
Film feature: “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000)
A princess at the seashore • The court of the king and queen • A discus throw • In the one-eyed giant’s cave • The bewitching queen of Aeaea • The visit to the dead

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Zumberge Pond
(weather permitting)

INVOCATION OF ROSY-FINGERED DAWN
Sunrise at 8:12 a.m.

8:30 a.m.-noon
Pew Library Exhibition Space

THE HOMERATHON RESUMES
The Cattle of the Sun • Ithaca at last • The loyal swineherd • The prince sets sail for home • Father and son • Stranger at the gate • The beggar-king at Ithaca

Noon-3:00 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room

THE HOMERATHON CONTINUES
Penelope and her guest • Portents gather • Odysseus strings his bow • Slaughter in the hall • The great rooted bed • Peace

3:00 p.m.
Pew Library Multipurpose Room

THE HOMERATHON CONCLUDES

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