Peter Green (historian and translator)

Peter Green (born 1924) is a British classical scholar noted for his Alexander to Actium, a general account of the Hellenistic Age, and other works.

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1924 - British - Classical scholar - Alexander to Actium - Hellenistic Age

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He is also the author of a vivid, and extremely funny, translation http://www.frontlist.com/detail/0140441948 of the Satires of the Roman poet Juvenal .

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After World War II service in Burma, he attended Trinity College of Cambridge University. He subseqently wrote historical novels and worked as a journalist. In 1963 he and his family moved to the Greek island of Lesbos, where he was a translator, and then to Athens, where he was recruited to teach classics for the College Year in Athens.

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World War II - Burma - Trinity College - Cambridge University - Historical novel - Journalist - 1963 - Greek - Lesbos - Translator - Athens - College Year in Athens

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Green taught in Athens from 1966 to 1971, then accepted a visiting professorship at University of Texas at Austin, and subsequently stayed for many years.

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1966 - 1971 - University of Texas at Austin

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Green also has a visiting professorship at East Carolina University.

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