Arthur Way
Arthur Sanders Way | |
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| Born | 13 February 1847 |
| Died | 25 September 1930 (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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b 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
[edit]- 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
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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)
- 1847 births
- 1930 deaths
- 19th-century English educators
- 19th-century English translators
- 20th-century English translators
- English classical scholars
- People educated at Kingswood School, Bath
- Australian headmasters
- People from Dorking
- Greek–English translators
- German–English translators
- French–English translators
- Latin–English translators
- English male poets
- Translators from Ancient Greek
- Translators of Homer
- Translators of Virgil
- English emigrants to colonial Australia
- Wesley College (Victoria)
- Heads of schools in Victoria (state)
- Alumni of the University of London
- Translators of the Bible into English