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Declasse classics?(new series of translations of the Harvard University Press's Loeb Classical Library)(classical literature edited by Jeffrey Henderson)(Brief Article)

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From: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 20001120
Author:Curry, Andrew

When Jeffrey Henderson first proposed writing his dissertation on the liberal use of obscenity in the ancient Greek comedies of Aristophanes, his professors were scandalized. One suggested he write it in Latin; another angrily asked, "How can you do this to Aristophanes?"

Almost 30 years later, Henderson, the chair of Boston University's classics department, is in charge of editing the best-known translations of classical literature, Harvard University Press's Loeb Classical Library. And his dissertation struggle is serving him well; the honesty that inspired him then drives ...

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