Apostolos Athanassakis

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Apostolos Athanassakis is a classical scholar and translator best known for his influential modern English edition of the ancient Greek Orphic Hymns.

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Apostolos Athanassakis canonical 1

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instanceOf classical scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
academicDiscipline classical studies ⓘ
philology ⓘ
contributedTo modern reception of Orphic literature ⓘ
study of ancient Greek religion ⓘ
fieldOfWork Greek religion ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
classics ⓘ
genre classical philology ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
hasTranslated Orphic Hymns ⓘ
ancient Greek texts ⓘ
knownFor modern English edition of the Orphic Hymns ⓘ
translation of the Orphic Hymns ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
English ⓘ
notability influential translator of Orphic religious poetry ⓘ
notableFor scholarly commentary on the Orphic Hymns ⓘ
notableWork The Orphic Hymns: Text, Translation and Notes ⓘ
linked to: Orphic Hymns
occupation professor ⓘ
specializesIn Greek hymnic poetry ⓘ
Orphism ⓘ
workFocusesOn making ancient Greek religious texts accessible to modern readers ⓘ
translation with commentary ⓘ

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Orphic Hymns → modernEditionBy → Apostolos Athanassakis ⓘ