Edith Hall
Classicist and professor
Edith Hall is a British classicist who specializes in ancient Greek literature and cultural history. She is the author of Aristotle’s Way.
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British Born 1959 in Birmingham, United Kingdom
About Edith Hall
Edith Hall, born in 1959, is a British classicist and professor. Her field is ancient Greek literature and cultural history, and she has taken part in radio and television programs as an authority on Greek society, literature and theater. She won the 2024 International Hellenic Prize for her book Facing down the Furies. She has also written Introducing the Ancient Greeks. She was the first woman awarded the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy, and she holds an honorary doctorate from Athens University.