Arthur Way

Arthur Sanders Way
Born13 February 1847
Dorking, Surrey, England
Died25 September 1930(1930-09-25) (aged 83)
OccupationClassical scholar, headmaster
NationalityEnglish
Notable worksHomer
Greek through English
Sons of the Violet-Crowned, a Tale of Ancient Athens

Arthur Sanders Way (13 February 1847 – 25 September 1930), was a classical scholar, translator and headmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia.

Career

Arthur Way was born at Dorking, England. to the Rev. William Way and his wife Matilda, née Francis.[1]

His translations in Miller's Australian Literature includes the Odyssey; the Iliad; works of Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles; the Epodes of Horace; Vergil's Georgics; the Nibelungenlied; the Chanson de Roland; works of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus; the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews; works of Aristophanes, Hesiod, Lucretius, and others. He also wrote Homer (1913), Greek through English (1926), and Sons of the Violet-Crowned, a Tale of Ancient Athens (1929).

Way had been president of the Melbourne Shakespeare Society and a councillor of the Royal Society of Victoria.[1] Way died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, on 25 September 1930.

References

  1. ^ a b Gellie, G. H. (1976). "Way, Arthur Sanders (1847 - 1930)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 367–368. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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