Information about David Grene
David Grene (April 13, 1913 - September 10, 2002) was a professor of classics at the University of Chicago from 1937 until his death. He was a co-founder of the Committee on Social Thought and is best known for his translations of ancient Greek literature.
Grene was born in Dublin, where he earned his M.A. in 1936 at Trinity College. His translations include Herodotus' Histories, Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Electra, and Philoctetes, and Euripides' Hippolytus.
A memoir by Grene titled Of Farming and Classics was published posthumously by the University of Chicago Press in 2006. Grene, a friend and colleague of prolific author Saul Bellow, is also the father of Gregory Grene, lead singer and accordionist for Irish jig-punk band The Prodigals.
Grene was born in Dublin, where he earned his M.A. in 1936 at Trinity College. His translations include Herodotus' Histories, Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Electra, and Philoctetes, and Euripides' Hippolytus.
A memoir by Grene titled Of Farming and Classics was published posthumously by the University of Chicago Press in 2006. Grene, a friend and colleague of prolific author Saul Bellow, is also the father of Gregory Grene, lead singer and accordionist for Irish jig-punk band The Prodigals.
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Classics or Classical Studies is the branch of the Humanities dealing with the languages, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the time known as classical antiquity, roughly
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The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago held its first classes on October 1, 1892.
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The Committee on Social Thought, one of several PhD-granting committees at the University of Chicago, was started in 1941 by the historian John U. Nef along with economist Frank Knight, anthropologist Robert Redfield, and University President Robert Maynard Hutchins.
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Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Greece.
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Dublin (IPA: /ˈdʌblɨn, ˈdʊblɨn/, or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/) (Irish: Baile Ãtha Cliath,
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master's degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of a program of one to four years in duration.
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Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) (Coláiste na TrÃonóide in Irish), corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I[1]
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus
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The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories
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Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος, IPA: /ˈɛskələs/ or
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Prometheus Bound
Vulcan Chaining Promethus by Dirck van Baburen
Written by Aeschylus
Chorus Oceanids
Characters Cratus
Bia
Hephaestus
Prometheus
Oceanus
Io
Hermes
Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy.
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Vulcan Chaining Promethus by Dirck van Baburen
Written by Aeschylus
Chorus Oceanids
Characters Cratus
Bia
Hephaestus
Prometheus
Oceanus
Io
Hermes
Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy.
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Seven against Thebes
The Oath of the Seven Chiefs by Alfred Church
Written by Aeschylus
Chorus Theban Women
Characters Eteocles
Spy
Antigone
Ismene
Herald
Setting Citadel of Thebes
The Seven against Thebes
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The Oath of the Seven Chiefs by Alfred Church
Written by Aeschylus
Chorus Theban Women
Characters Eteocles
Spy
Antigone
Ismene
Herald
Setting Citadel of Thebes
The Seven against Thebes
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Sophocles (ancient Greek: Σοφοκλῆς IPA: [sopʰoklɛ́ː̀s]; circa.
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Oedipus the King
Antigone Leads Oedipus out of Thebes by Charles Francois Jalabert
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Theban Elders
Characters Oedipus
Priest of Apollo
Creon
Tiresias
Jocasta
Messenger from Corinth
Herdsman of Laius
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Antigone Leads Oedipus out of Thebes by Charles Francois Jalabert
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Theban Elders
Characters Oedipus
Priest of Apollo
Creon
Tiresias
Jocasta
Messenger from Corinth
Herdsman of Laius
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Electra
Electra and Orestes by Alfred Church
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Women of Mycenae
Characters Orestes
Electra
Chrysothemis
old man
Clytemnestra
Aegisthus
Mute Pylades
handmaid
attendants
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Electra and Orestes by Alfred Church
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Women of Mycenae
Characters Orestes
Electra
Chrysothemis
old man
Clytemnestra
Aegisthus
Mute Pylades
handmaid
attendants
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Philoctetes
Philoctetes by Jean-Germain Drouais
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Greek Sailors
Characters Odysseus
Neoptolemus
Philoctetes
a spy
Heracles
Setting Before a cave at Lemnos
Philoctetes
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Philoctetes by Jean-Germain Drouais
Written by Sophocles
Chorus Greek Sailors
Characters Odysseus
Neoptolemus
Philoctetes
a spy
Heracles
Setting Before a cave at Lemnos
Philoctetes
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Euripides (Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης) (ca. 480 BC–406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles).
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Hippolytus
The Death of Hippolytus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Written by Euripides
Chorus Troezenian Women
Characters Aphrodite
Hippolytus
Attendants
Nurse
Phaedra
Theseus
Messenger
Artemis
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The Death of Hippolytus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Written by Euripides
Chorus Troezenian Women
Characters Aphrodite
Hippolytus
Attendants
Nurse
Phaedra
Theseus
Messenger
Artemis
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Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow (left) with Keith Botsford
Born: June 10, 1915
Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Died: March 5 2005 (aged 91)
Brookline, Massachusetts
Nationality: American
Writing period: Writer
Debut works: Dangling Man
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Saul Bellow (left) with Keith Botsford
Born: June 10, 1915
Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Died: March 5 2005 (aged 91)
Brookline, Massachusetts
Nationality: American
Writing period: Writer
Debut works: Dangling Man
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The Prodigals are a New York Irish band that started in 1997.
Calling their genre of music "jig punk", the Prodigals fall within a tradition epitomized by the Pogues and Black 47, merging traditional Irish melodic roots with rock rhythms.
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Calling their genre of music "jig punk", the Prodigals fall within a tradition epitomized by the Pogues and Black 47, merging traditional Irish melodic roots with rock rhythms.
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