Donald William Lucas | |
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| Born | 12 May 1905 London, England |
| Died | 28 February 1985 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | Aristotle, 'Poetics' (edition 1968) |
Donald William Lucas (12 May 1905 – 28 February 1985) was an English classical scholar, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and cryptanalyst at Bletchley Park during World War II.
He is remembered for his work on Greek Drama and for his major edition of Aristotle's Poetics (Clarendon Press 1968; revised 1972). J. T. Sheppard described his prose translations of Euripides as "astonishingly eloquent for so close a rendering".[1] From 1952 to 1969 he was the third Perceval Maitland Laurence Reader in Classics at Cambridge University.
- ^ Sheppard, J. T., 'Prefatory Note' to 'The Bacchae' of Euripides: the Greek text as performed at Cambridge at the New Theatre, 4–8 March 1930, by members of the University, together with an English prose translation by D. W. Lucas (Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, 1930)
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