Author Listings (Ancient & Classical)
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| Neville Morley is Professor of Ancient Economic History and Historical Theory at the University of Bristol, UK, having worked there since 1995. He has published widely in different areas of ancient history; his latest book, on the Roman Empire and its relation to modern theories of imperialism, will be published by Plu....[more] |
| An ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus is often called the father of tragedy. Among his revolutionary ideas, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for more interesting plots. Aeschylus was born around 525 B.C. to a wealthy family in a small town north of Athens. According to him, he started writing tra....[more] |
| For many, an illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables is ubiquitous with childhood. Born a slave, Aesop and his fables have become a staple of popular culture for generations. While his birthplace is a matter of much scholarly debate with Egypt, Ethiopia and Athens being presented as possibilities, some facts about his li....[more] |
| Apuleius (c. 125 – c. 180) was a Latin novelist, writer, and public speaker. Apuleius is best known for his novel, Metaporphoses. Because his first name was not recorded, Apuleius is sometimes referred to as Lucius Apuleius after the main character in the Metaporphoses.
Apuleius was born in present-day Algeria. I....[more] |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order known for his philosophy and theology work. “Aquinas” indicates his residence – not his surname – so he is sometimes referred to as Thomas. Thomas is the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. He was the foremos....[more] |
| Aristophanes (446-386 B.C.) was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. He wrote at least forty plays during his lifetime, eleven of which survive today. Because these eleven plays are the primary surviving relics of the genre known as Old Comedy, Aristophanes is considered the Master of Old Comedy. He is believed to ....[more] |
| Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher who wrote about physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, dance, philosophy, psychology, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, morality, biology, botany, agriculture, and zoology. He was a student of the Classical Greek philosopher Plato and went on to te....[more] |
| Matthew Arnold (December 24, 1822 – April 15, 1888) was an English poet and critic. He is best known for the lyric poems “Dover Beach” (1867), “The Scholar-Gipsy” (1853), the commemorative poem “Thyrsis” (1865), a series of essays called Culture and Anarchy, and Literature and Dogma.
Arnold was born at Laleham on ....[more] |
| Known for his literary criticism, Erich Auerbach was born in Berlin, Germany in 1892. His first major work, Dante: Poet of the Secular World, was published in 1929 during his time at the University of Marburg. However, like many Jewish intellectuals at the time, Auerbach was forced into exile by the Nazi Party. Now hav....[more] |
| E. A. Wallis Budge (Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge) (July 27, 1857 - November 23, 1934)
Budge was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England to Mary Ann Budge. His father is unknown. He went to live with his grandmother and aunt in London as a young man. He was interested in languages by the age of ten, but left s....[more] |
| Samuel Butler, English writer, artist, and satirist, was born on December 4th, 1835 in Nottinghamshire, England. The eldest of four children, Butler had a rather hostile relationship with his parents. Though his education started at home, he referred to his parents as “stupid” and soon began to reject his strict Angl....[more] |
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