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Grant Showerman
1870–1935
A lively classicist and translator, he spent much of his career bringing ancient Rome closer to general readers as well as students. His books reflect both deep scholarship and a gift for clear, approachable storytelling.
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Horace and His Influence
by Grant Showerman
About the author
Born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Grant Showerman was an American classical scholar, teacher, and author who lived from 1870 to 1935. He studied at Carroll College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he later taught Latin and then served as professor of classics for many years.
Showerman was especially known for writing about ancient Rome in a way that welcomed non-specialists. Alongside his academic work, he was connected with the American Academy in Rome and helped lead summer study there, strengthening ties between classical scholarship in the United States and firsthand study of the ancient world.
His legacy rests on a mix of teaching, translation, and popular classical writing. For listeners coming to his work today, his appeal is simple: he had a scholar’s knowledge, but he wrote with the aim of making the Roman world feel vivid and human.