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Philip Vellacott


Born
in Grays, Essex, England, The United Kingdom
January 16, 1907

Died
August 24, 1997


Philip Humphrey Vellacott was an English classical scholar, known for his numerous translations of Greek tragedy.
He was born at Grays, Essex and educated at St Paul's School, London and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a double first in the Classics Tripos.
During the 1930s, Vellacott taught at Liverpool University, and schools including Dulwich College, London. He carried on teaching through the Second World War, as he was a conscientious objector. It was during his time as a teacher that he completed most of his Penguin Books classical translations centred on the works of Aeschylus, Euripides and Theophrastus.
Vellacott lectured on Greek drama on four tours in the US and spent time as a visiting lecturer at the Universi
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The logic of tragedy: Moral...

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Sophocles and Oedipus: A st...

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EURIPIDES ALCESTIS AND OTHE...

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An English reader's guide t...

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Ironic Drama: A Study of Eu...

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English Reader's Guide to A...

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Euripides: Medea - Hippolyt...

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EURIPIDES: THREE PLAYS

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