About the Author
William Arrowsmith, General Editor of this series, is University Professor and Professor of Classics at Boston University. A world-renowned translator, he has translated numerous works, including the
Orestes,
Bacchae,
Cyclops,
Heracles, and
Hecuba of Euripides; the
Birds and
Clouds of Aristophanes; the
Satyricon of Petronius; as well as works from Italian, French, and German. He was a founding editor of
The Hudson Review and of
Arion.