Apostolos Athanassakis

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classical scholar translator

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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Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ