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Richard Hunter
A leading scholar of ancient Greek and Roman literature, he brings the worlds of Homer, Theocritus, Plato, and Hellenistic poetry to life with clarity and insight. His work explores how classical texts were written, received, and reshaped across centuries.
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by Richard Hunter
About the author
Richard Hunter is Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. His research spans ancient literary criticism, Hellenistic and Roman poetry, the Greek and Roman novel, and Greek literature and religion.
He is the author, editor, or translator of numerous books, including Theocritus: A Selection, Plato’s Symposium, The Shadow of Callimachus, The Measure of Homer, and Greek Epitaphic Poetry: A Selection. His scholarship often examines the relationship between Greek literary traditions and their later reception in Rome and beyond.