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'The LA Odyssey Project' makes reading the Greek poem easier

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 24, 2014
The L.A. Odyssey Project breaks Homer's classic into chunks, read by different people.
The L.A. Odyssey Project breaks Homer's classic into chunks, read by different people.
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'The LA Odyssey Project' makes reading the Greek poem easier

Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" isn't what you call a fast read, but get a group of friends to recite a chunk each? Suddenly it's not so daunting. This is precisely what's happening this weekend as the finale to the L.A. Library Foundation's "Odyssey Project."

Ken Brecher, the Library Foundation's president and brain behind the "Odyssey Project," shares more.