--- title: "2 Edith Hall Quotes - Famous Hellenist (People's History of Classics)" description: "Edith Hall is a British scholar of classics, specialising in ancient Greek literature and cultural history, and professor in the Department of Classics ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-edith-hall-106608.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Edith Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-edith-hall-106608.jpg) # Edith Hall (1959) Hellenist **2** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edith Hall is a hellenist, best known for *People's History of Classics*. ## Quick Facts About Edith Hall Born April 3, 1959 Profession Hellenist Notable works People's History of Classics ## About Edith Hall Edith Hall is a British scholar of classics, specialising in ancient Greek literature and cultural history, and professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. She has spoken on the radio and appeared on television as an expert in Ancient Greek society, literature and theatre. Her book Facing down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me has been shortlisted for the 2024 London Hellenic Prize. As of 2025, her most recent book is Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education, written with Arlene Holmes-Henderson. ## Quotes by Edith Hall > [An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-hall/an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical-scholar-engaged-with-the/) [Edith Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-hall/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/edith-hall-106608_adventure_an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical_1383868.png) > [Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-hall/nobody-brings-ancient-history-and-archaeology-to-life-like-adrienne/) [Edith Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-hall/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/edith-hall-106608_ancient_nobody-brings-ancient-history-and-archae_2248322.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-hall/#itemlist", "name": "Edith Hall Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has evolved over the past century and a half.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edith Hall" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-hall/an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical-scholar-engaged-with-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/edith-hall-106608_adventure_an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical_1383868.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/edith-hall-106608_adventure_an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical_1383868.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/edith-hall-106608_adventure_an-illuminating-read-for-every-classical_1383868.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and…” — Edith Hall", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. 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