classicist
Americannoun
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an adherent of classicism in literature or art (contrasted with romanticist).
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an authority on the classics; a classical scholar.
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a person who advocates study of the ancient Greek and Roman classics.
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a student of ancient Latin and Greek
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a person who advocates the study of ancient Latin and Greek
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an adherent of classicism in literature or art
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Days after a classicist who translated Homer’s “The Odyssey” in 2017 eviscerated the Christopher Nolan film based on the poem, Joyce Carol Oates has entered the debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A 2017 translation by British-American classicist Emily Wilson of the millennia-old mythological tale has been flying off the shelves at a similarly increased rate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nadira Goffe interviewed a classicist about the significance of casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and argues that the controversy over her appearance misses the point.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Kathleen Coleman, renowned Harvard classicist, points to the words of the Roman poet Martial, who makes reference to Mars and Venus both in armor and women in the arena.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Of “truths” like geocentrism, the four elements of the material universe, or the body’s four “humors,” one classicist has asked Why prove them?
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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