The Great Homeric Marathon

Staff and Faculty Readers

Keyne Cheshire, Classics, gets the ball rolling with Telemakhos' trip to see the venerable king Nestor.

Sam Demas, Library Director, recounts the touching reunion of Odysseus and his son Telemakhos in book 16.

Chico

Chico Zimmerman, Classics, plunges into the blood-and-guts of the slaughter of the suitors in book 22.

Jim McDonnell, English, finishes the epic with the incorrigible Odysseus putting his aged father to the test.

Listening to the Odyssey

Student Readers

Chris Ashworth reads the poignant return of Odysseus to his homeland in Book 13 for First Place.

Anna Jahns entrances the audience with her speedy yet expressive rendition of the Cyclops story.

Andrew Burtless (3rd Place winner) throws himself into the Phaiakians' games.