Friends - sorry for my absence. I would love to say that I’ve been doing something urgent and exciting but I’ve actually just been distracted by British politics over the last few weeks.
This week’s reading takes us up to the end of Book 6, so I think there’s scope for a bit of a review of Book 6 before we leave for Alcinous’ palace as well as discussion of the text itself. There are a few things that I’d like to explore further before we move on.
Montcombroux has brought to my attention in the previous thread that there are people reading along with the group who are going through the Greek but who don’t post. It was my ambition for the group when I set it up to be as inclusive as possible, but I’ve still not found a way to provide a space for people to ask questions about the text at the same time as the broader discussion we normally have. Answers on a postcard, please (seriously, if anyone has any ideas they would be gratefully received either here or by private message). Maybe I should do a poll to find out more about the people who read along but don’t post.
New threads tend to kill old threads so I’ll keep this going until next Friday (4th Oct) then move on to Book 7.