Hugh G. Evelyn-White
English classicist and Egyptologist, translator of Hesiod (1914)
- Born
- 1884, Ipswich
- Died
- 1924
- Known for
- Loeb translation of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns (1914)
- Fields
- Classics, Egyptology, Coptic studies
- Excavations
- Monasteries of the Wadi Natrun, Egypt
Classicist and Egyptologist whose 1914 Loeb translation of Hesiod is the standard free English text of the Theogony.
What is Hugh G. Evelyn-White known for?
Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White was an English classicist, Egyptologist and archaeologist. Born in Ipswich, he studied classics at Wadham College, Oxford. He worked for the British Museum and took part in several seasons of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian expeditions, excavating the Coptic monasteries of the Wadi Natrun.
In 1914 he published the Loeb Classical Library volume of Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Hesiod's Theogony describes the war of the gods and the Titans and the pit of Tartarus; his Works and Days describes five races of humans, from golden to iron.
Evelyn-White served in the First World War, continued work in Egypt until 1921, and then lectured at the University of Leeds. He died by suicide in 1924. Some popular books link his death to a 'curse of Tutankhamun', but there is no evidence for that; his biographers point to personal grief. His translation is public domain.
The site quotes Evelyn-White's Hesiod for Tartarus and for the five races of men.
Sources
- Wikipedia, 'Hugh Evelyn-White'Reference
- Project Gutenberg, Hesiod, 'The Homeric Hymns and Homerica', tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-WhitePrimary text
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