This is the first comprehensive account of the life and work of the distinguished scholar and public figure Gilbert Murray (1866-1957). Sixteen contributors survey the many spheres in which he was active, and the book opens with memoirs by two of his grandchildren.

Introduction ; 1. Remembering our grandfather ; 2. A broken mirror: Gilbert Murray's reflections of an Australian childhood ; 3. Murray on Greek literature: the great/Greek man's burden ; 4. Gilbert Murray and Greek religion ; 5. Murray and Greek texts ; 6. Murray's translations of Greek tragedy ; 7. From the Court to the National: the theatrical legacy of Gilbert Murray ; 8. Murray and A. E. Housman ; 9. 'Macte nova virtute, puer!': Gilbert Murray as mentor and friend to J. A. K. Thomson ; 10. Gilbert Murray, Bertrand Russell, and the theory and practice of politics ; 11. Gilbert Murray and international politics ; 12. Retrieving cosmos: Gilbert Murray's thought on international relations ; 13. The classicist as liberal intellectual: Murray and Alfred Zimmern ; 14. Gilbert Murray at the BBC ; 15. Yours obediently, Gilbert Murray: letters to The Times

A timely reassessment of one of the best-known and most influential of all classicists Encompasses the very varied spheres (jncluding international politics, radio broadcasting, and psychical research) in which Murray was active Discussion is integrated with a study of English intellectual culture of the time

A timely reassessment of one of the best-known and most influential of all classicists Encompasses the very varied spheres (jncluding international politics, radio broadcasting, and psychical research) in which Murray was active Discussion is integrated with a study of English intellectual culture of the time