Robert Yelverton Tyrrell

Robert Yelverton Tyrrell

Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (1844–1914) was a classical scholar who was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin.

He translated "Acharnians" of Aristophanes into English verse (1883), and was the author of "Cicero in his Letters" (1896), "Latin Poetry" (1893), "Echoes of Kottabos" (with Sir E. Sullivan) (1906). Tyrell also produced a work on Greek literature. [ [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26151471 Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, "Essays on Greek Literature", MacMillan and Company, London (1909)] ]

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