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Thomas William Allen
Thomas William Allen, (9 May 1862 – 30 April 1950) was an English Classics, classicist, scholar of Ancient Greek and Palaeography, palaeographer. He was a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, from 1890 until his death sixty years later. He is best known for his editions of Homer for Oxford Classical Texts and work on Greek Palaeography. Early life and education Allen was born on 9 May 1862 at 103 Camden Road Villas, Camden Town, London, the eldest child of Thomas Bull Allen, a wholesale tea dealer, and his wife Amelia Le Lacheur, daughter of William Le Lacheur.Nigel Guy Wilson, Wilson, N. G. (1990)"Thomas William Allen 1862–1950."''Proceedings of the British Academy'' 76: 311-19.Nigel Guy Wilson, Wilson, N. G. (2004)"Allen, Thomas William (1862-1950)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' 1:821-22. Oxford: Oxford University Press. His sister Edith married another classicist John Percival Postgate, who was her tutor at Girton College, Cambridge.Calder, W. M., III ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek Literature
Ancient Greek literature is literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', set in an idealized archaic past today identified as having some relation to the Mycenaean era. These two epics, along with the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, ''Theogony'' and ''Works and Days'', constituted the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition that would continue into the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. The lyric poets Sappho, Alcaeus, and Pindar were highly influential during the early development of the Greek poetic tradition. Aeschylus is the earliest Greek tragic playwright for whom any plays have survived complete. Sophocles is famous for his tragedies about Oedipus, particularly ''Oedipus the King'' and ''Antigone''. Euripides is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
