About the author

Gilbert Murray (1866–1957) was a British classical scholar best known for his studies of ancient Greek literature and religion. Nine of his works are included here, ranging from scholarly monographs and translations of classical texts to plays and political essays. Five Stages of Greek Religion traces the historical development of ancient Greek religious ideas, while Euripides and His Age sets the playwright against the background of his time. Murray also translated Euripides' tragedies into verse and drew on a demotic papyrus for The Story of Nefrekepta. His other writings include the play Andromache: A Play in Three Acts, as well as political commentaries such as The Problem of Foreign Policy, The United States and the War and Great Britain's Sea Policy, reflecting his public concerns. Public information is limited, but his works, spanning scholarship and public affairs, have done much to shape the English-speaking world's understanding of ancient Greek culture.

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