Arthur Sanders Way | |
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| Born | 13 February 1847 |
| Died | 25 September 1930(1930-09-25) (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Classical scholar, headmaster |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable works | Homer 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
References
- 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.
Sources
Sources
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Way, Arthur Sanders". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Arthur Way". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
External links
- Media related to Arthur Sanders Way at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about Arthur Sanders Way at Wikisource
- Works by Arthur Way at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Arthur Way at the Internet Archive
- Works by Arthur Way at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
