William Arrowsmith

William Ayers Arrowsmith (1924–1992) was an American classicist. This man of letters was educated at Princeton and Oxford, and was awarded ten honorary degrees [There are tributes to Arrowsmith in "Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics", Spring/Fall 1993; Boston University, 312 pages.] . Arrowsmith translated Petronius’s "Satyricon" (1959) and Aristophanes’ plays "The Birds" (1961) and "The Clouds" (1962), as well as Euripides’ "Alcestis, Cyclops, Heracles, Orestes, Hecuba", and "The Bacchae", among other works, both classical and contemporary. He is also known for his writings on Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni. He was professor at the University of Texas, Boston University, Princeton University, MIT, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Emory University.

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* [http://newcriterion.com:81/archive/12/jun94/tutu.htm James W. Tuttleton, "William Arrowsmith: a recollection" "The New Criterion Online"]