Peter Morris Green (born 22 December 1924)[1] is a British classical scholar and novelist noted for his works on the Greco-Persian Wars, Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age of ancient history, generally regarded as spanning the era from the death of Alexander in 323 BC up to either the date of the Battle of Actium or the death of Augustus in 14 AD.[2] Green's most famous books are Alexander of Macedon, a historical biography first issued in 1970, then in a revised and expanded edition in 1974, which was first published in the United States in 1991; his Alexander to Actium, a general account of the Hellenistic Age, and other works. He is the author of a translation of the Satires of the Roman poet Juvenal, now in its third edition. He has also contributed poems to many journals, including to Arion and the Southern Humanities Review.[2]
Green went to school at Charterhouse. During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force in Burma. In Firpo's Bar in Calcutta, he met and became friendly with another future novelist, Paul Scott, who later used elements of Green's character for the figure of Sergeant Guy Perron in The Raj Quartet.[3]
After the war, Green attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he achieved a Double First in Classics, winning the Craven Scholarship and Studentship in 1950. He subsequently wrote historical novels and worked as a journalist, in the capacity of fiction critic for the Daily Telegraph (1953–63), book columnist for the Yorkshire Post (1961–62), television critic for The Listener (1962–63), film critic for John O'London's (1961–63), as well as contributing to other journals.[1]
In 1963, he and his family moved to the Greek island of Lesbos, where he was a translator and independent scholar. In 1966 he moved to Athens, where he was recruited to teach classics for College Year in Athens, and published Armada from Athens, a study of the Sicilian Expedition of 415–3 BC (1970), and The Year of Salamis, a history of the Greco-Persian Wars (1971). In 1971 Green was invited to teach at the University of Texas at Austin, where he became Dougherty Centennial Professor of Classics in 1982, emeritus from 1997.[2] In 1986, he held the Mellon Chair of Humanities at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is now an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa and also has held visiting appointments at Princeton University and at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Bob Dylan used Green's translations of Ovid, found in The Erotic Poems (1982) and The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters (1994) as song lyrics on the albums "Love and Theft" (2001) and Modern Times (2006).[4][5][6][7][8]
"The Women and the Gods". The New York Review of Books. 54 (11): 32–35. 28 June 2007.
Connelly, Joan Breton (2007). Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Critical studies and reviews of Green's workedit
The Odyssey (2018)
Burrow, Colin (26 April 2018). "Light through the fog". London Review of Books. 40 (8): 3–7.
Notesedit
^ ab"Green, Peter 1924–", Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Encyclopedia.com, retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ abc"Novelist, Critic, Translator, Historian: An Interview with Peter Green", AMICI, Classical Association of Iowa.
^Hilary Spurling, Paul Scott: A Life. London: Hutchinson, 1990, pp. 144, 148.
^David Yaffe, "Bob Dylan and the Anglo-American tradition", in Kevin J. H. Dettmar (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan, Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 27.
^Richard F. Thomas, "Shadows are Falling: Virgil, Radnóti, and Dylan", in Michael Paschalis (ed.), Pastoral Palimpsests: Essays in the Reception of Theocritus and Virgil, Rethymnon Classical Studies, Vol. 3, 2007, Crete University Press, p. 205.
^Richard F. Thomas, "The Streets of Rome: The Classical Dylan" 11 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Oral Tradition, 22/1 (2007; 30–56), pp. 35–37.
^"An Interview with Richard Thomas on Bob Dylan and the Classics", Persephone: The Harvard Undergraduate Classics Journal, Spring 2017, Vol. 2, No. 1.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Peter Green historian news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Peter Morris Green born 22 December 1924 1 is a British classical scholar and novelist noted for his works on the Greco Persian Wars Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age of ancient history generally regarded as spanning the era from the death of Alexander in 323 BC up to either the date of the Battle of Actium or the death of Augustus in 14 AD 2 Green s most famous books are Alexander of Macedon a historical biography first issued in 1970 then in a revised and expanded edition in 1974 which was first published in the United States in 1991 his Alexander to Actium a general account of the Hellenistic Age and other works He is the author of a translation of the Satires of the Roman poet Juvenal now in its third edition He has also contributed poems to many journals including to Arion and the Southern Humanities Review 2 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2 1 Book reviews 2 2 Critical studies and reviews of Green s work 3 Notes 4 External linksBiography editGreen went to school at Charterhouse During World War II he served with the Royal Air Force in Burma In Firpo s Bar in Calcutta he met and became friendly with another future novelist Paul Scott who later used elements of Green s character for the figure of Sergeant Guy Perron in The Raj Quartet 3 After the war Green attended Trinity College Cambridge where he achieved a Double First in Classics winning the Craven Scholarship and Studentship in 1950 He subsequently wrote historical novels and worked as a journalist in the capacity of fiction critic for the Daily Telegraph 1953 63 book columnist for the Yorkshire Post 1961 62 television critic for The Listener 1962 63 film critic for John O London s 1961 63 as well as contributing to other journals 1 In 1963 he and his family moved to the Greek island of Lesbos where he was a translator and independent scholar In 1966 he moved to Athens where he was recruited to teach classics for College Year in Athens and published Armada from Athens a study of the Sicilian Expedition of 415 3 BC 1970 and The Year of Salamis a history of the Greco Persian Wars 1971 In 1971 Green was invited to teach at the University of Texas at Austin where he became Dougherty Centennial Professor of Classics in 1982 emeritus from 1997 2 In 1986 he held the Mellon Chair of Humanities at Tulane University in New Orleans He is now an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa and also has held visiting appointments at Princeton University and at East Carolina University in Greenville North Carolina Bob Dylan used Green s translations of Ovid found in The Erotic Poems 1982 and The Poems of Exile Tristia and the Black Sea Letters 1994 as song lyrics on the albums Love and Theft 2001 and Modern Times 2006 4 5 6 7 8 Green is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books 9 Green was married to Classicist and ancient historian Carin M C Green who died in 2015 10 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items September 2018 The Expanding Eye A First Journey To The Mediterranean 1952 Illustrated with photographs Habeas Corpus And Other Stories 1954 eight short stories Achilles His Armour 1955 historical novel about Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Cat in Gloves Under pseudonym Denis Delaney 1956 Gryphon Books The Sword of Pleasure 1957 fictional memoirs of Sulla Kenneth Grahame A Biography The Dramatic and Human Story of the Fascinating and Complex Man Who Wrote The Wind in the Willows 1959 Writers amp their Work Sir Thomas Browne 1959 Longman for The British Council Writers amp their Work John Skelton 1960 Longman for the British Council Essays in Antiquity 1960 Destiny of Fire by Zoe Oldenbourg translation of Les Brules 1961 Massacre at Montsegur by Zoe Oldenbourg translation of Le Bucher de Montsegur 1961 The Life of Jesus by Jean Steinmann translation 1963 The Laughter of Aphrodite A Novel About Sappho of Lesbos 1965 The Sixteen Satires by Juvenal translation 1967 The Year of Salamis 480 479 BC 1970 UK Xerxes at Salamis 1970 USA Alexander the Great 1970 Armada from Athens 1970 The Shadow of the Parthenon Studies in Ancient History and Literature 1972 The Parthenon 1973 A Concise History of Ancient Greece to the Close of the Classical Era 1973 Alexander of Macedon 356 323 B C A Historical Biography 1974 re issue in U S 1991 as indicated below 11 Ancient Greece An Illustrated History 1979 Ovid The Erotic Poems 1982 Classical Bearings Interpreting Ancient History and Culture 1989 Alexander to Actium The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age 1990 Alexander of Macedon 356 323 B C A Historical Biography 1991 Ovid The Poems of Exile Tristia and the Black Sea Letters 1994 The Argonautika by Apollonios Rhodios translation 1997 The Greco Persian Wars 1996 update of The Year of Salamis From Ikaria to the Stars Classical Mythification Ancient and Modern 2004 The Poems of Catullus 2005 Diodorus Siculus Books 11 12 37 1 Greek history 480 431 B C the Alternative Version Austin University of Texas Press 2006 Alexander The Great and the Hellenistic Age 2007 The Hellenistic Age A Short History 2007 The Iliad by Homer translation 2015 The Odyssey by Homer translation 2018 Book reviews edit Year Review article Work s reviewed 2007 The Women and the Gods The New York Review of Books 54 11 32 35 28 June 2007 Connelly Joan Breton 2007 Portrait of a Priestess Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece Princeton N J Princeton University Press Critical studies and reviews of Green s work edit The Odyssey 2018 Burrow Colin 26 April 2018 Light through the fog London Review of Books 40 8 3 7 Notes edit a b Green Peter 1924 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series Encyclopedia com retrieved 30 October 2017 a b c Novelist Critic Translator Historian An Interview with Peter Green AMICI Classical Association of Iowa Hilary Spurling Paul Scott A Life London Hutchinson 1990 pp 144 148 David Yaffe Bob Dylan and the Anglo American tradition in Kevin J H Dettmar ed The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan Cambridge University Press 2009 p 27 David Yaffe Bob Dylan Like a Complete Unknown Yale University Press 2011 p 123 Richard F Thomas Shadows are Falling Virgil Radnoti and Dylan in Michael Paschalis ed Pastoral Palimpsests Essays in the Reception of Theocritus and Virgil Rethymnon Classical Studies Vol 3 2007 Crete University Press p 205 Richard F Thomas The Streets of Rome The Classical Dylan Archived 11 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Oral Tradition 22 1 2007 30 56 pp 35 37 An Interview with Richard Thomas on Bob Dylan and the Classics Persephone The Harvard Undergraduate Classics Journal Spring 2017 Vol 2 No 1 Peter Green at New York Review of Books Obituary Professor Carin M Green March 30 1948 July 2 2015 Iowa City Iowa Peter Green 8 January 2013 Alexander of Macedon 356 323 B C A Historical Biography University of California Press ISBN 978 0 520 95469 4 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Peter Green 2003 interview with picture List of Green s contributions to The New York Review of Books List of Green s contributions to the London Review of Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Green historian amp oldid 1218731904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
