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DESCRIPTION:  \n \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\n \n\nCONTACT: \nKathryn Hohlwein, President 
 and Founder\nThe Readers of Homer, Inc\nTel: 917.597.2520  \nEmail 
 khohlwein@mindspring.com\nWebsite URL: http://www.thereadersofhomer.org  
 \n\n \nThe Readers of Homer Announce Reading of HOMER’S ILIAD AT GRACE 
 CATHEDRAL, \n \nA PUBLIC READING BY and For VETERANS\nSAN FRANCISCO, MAY 
 the 27th, 2008 NOON to 9 P.M.\n\nThis Memorial week, The Readers of Homer 
 is sponsoring a reading by veterans, their families, and the public of the 
 greatest war poem of them all, The Iliad, which reveals the motivations and 
 tragedies of war in great and simple poetry, with the glorious Grace 
 Cathedral in San Francisco as our setting.\n \nVeterans of any war, of any 
 persuasion, their families, and the public are invited to read short, 
 pre-assigned passages from Homer’s ILIAD for a shared, communal 
 experience of this universal work.  \n \nWho May Read:   Anyone can read; 
 there is no need to know Homer or to be a spectacular reader.  Children and 
 young persons are encouraged to participate..\nWhat Is Included: Attendance 
 includes a catered meal, snacks, music, a documentary film, and a bound 
 copy of the edited-down poem. \nAdmission Fee:  For ”Listeners” - those 
 who do not read,  the admission fee of $50 helps also sponsor the veterans 
 who will not pay. Registration is required to read or attend.  First come, 
 first served. \nFor more information, see our web-site 
 http://www.thereadersofhomer.org \n \nDuring the 5 pm “break” there 
 will be partial screenings of two films by Charlie Berkowitz based in part 
 on the books by Dr. Jonathan Shay: Achilles in Vietnam:: Combat Trials and 
 the Undoing of Character and Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the 
 Trials of Homecoming. Dr. Shay compares the travails of the ancient 
 warriors of the poem to contemporary men and women who suffer the 
 circumstances of war.\n \nThe Readers of Homer is a tax-exempt non-profit 
 organization that presents audience participation readings of Homer’s 
 ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY, and has been producing these readings for a decade 
 now, in locations both humble and sublime, both indoors and out, either all 
 day or all night long. We have done bi-lingual readings of both epics at 
 the purported birthplace of Homer, at Daskalopetra on the Northern Aegean 
 island of Chios. In October we will present a daytime reading at the great 
 Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt.\n \nThe Stavros S. Niarchos 
 Foundation and the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation have provided us with 
 generous grants. We dedicate this reading to the memory and work of 
 Professor Robert Fagles of Princeton University, who inspired generations 
 of students to love Homer, one of whom donated the major funding necessary 
 for our presentation.\n \nFor additional information about the Memorial 
 Week reading of THE ILIAD at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, contact: 
 Kathryn Hohlwein 917.597.2520 
 register@thereadersofhomer.org\n\nhttp://www.thereadersofhomer.org \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/21/18494388.php
SUMMARY:Veterans Read the Iliad at Grace Cathedral on May 27th
LOCATION:Sign up Now!  Seeking Veterans to read the Iliad at Grace Cathedral in San 
 Francisco on May 27th.  Details at http://www.thereadersofhomer.org
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