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William Bedell Stanford (16 January 1910 – 30 December 1984) was an Irish classical scholar and senator. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin between 1940 and 1980 and served as the 22nd chancellor of the university between 1982 and 1984.

Stanford established himself as a Greek scholar in his twenties with the publication of two books which approached Greek literature as a subject for literary criticism, Greek Metaphor and Ambiguity in Greek Literature. He is perhaps best remembered for his commentaries aimed at students on Homer's Odyssey, Aristophanes' Frogs, and Sophocles' Ajax.

Bibliography

  • Greek Metaphor: Studies in Theory and Practice, Oxford 1936
  • Ambiguity in Greek Literature, Oxford 1939
  • Aeschylus in His Style: A Study in Language and Personality, Dublin 1942
  • The Odyssey of Homer, Vol.1 (Books 1–12), London 1947
  • The Odyssey of Homer, Vol.2 (Books 13–24), London 1948
  • The Ulysses Theme: A Study in the Adaptability of a Traditional Hero, Oxford 1955; second ed. Putnam, Conn. 1993
  • The Frogs, by Aristophanes, London 1958
  • Ajax, by Sophocles, London 1963
  • The Sound of Greek: Studies in the Greek Theory and Practice of Euphony, Berkeley 1967
  • Mahaffy: A Biography of an Anglo-Irishman (with R. B. McDowell), London 1971
  • The Quest for Ulysses (with John Victor Luce), London 1974
  • Ireland and the Classical Tradition, Dublin 1976
  • Enemies of Poetry, London 1980
  • Greek tragedy and the emotions : an introductory study, London 1983
  • The Travels of Lord Charlemont in Greece & Turkey, 1749 (with Eustathios J Finopoulos), London 1984
  • Stanford: Regius Professor of Greek, 1940–80, Trinity College, Dublin: Memoirs, Dublin 2002




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