Robin Sowerby

Author of The Greeks: An Introduction to Their Culture (Peoples of the Ancient World)

About the Author

Robin Sowerby was Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Trained as a classicist, his research interests centre upon the Classical tradition. He has written introductory studies of the major Classical epics and is author of Early Augustan Virgil (2010), The show more Augustan Art of Poetry (2006) and The Classical Legacy in Renaissance Poetry (1994). show less

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Works by Robin Sowerby

The Odyssey [York Notes Advanced] (1986) 31 copies, 1 review

The Iliad [York Notes Advanced] (1985) 29 copies

The Aeneid [York Notes Advanced] (1989) 25 copies

Antony and Cleopatra [York Notes Advanced] (1998) 24 copies, 1 review

As You Like It [York Notes Advanced] (1999) 18 copies

Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose (Routledge English Texts) (1988) — Editor — 17 copies

The Rape of the Lock and Selected Poems [York Notes Advanced] (2000) 10 copies

The Augustan Art of Poetry: Augustan Translation of the Classics (2006) 7 copies

The Classical Legacy in Renaissance Poetry (Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library) (1994) 5 copies

Yunan Kultur Tarihi (2020) 4 copies

York Notes on Plato's The Republic (1985) 3 copies

The plays and poems of Nicholas Rowe. Volume V, Lucan's Pharsalia (Books IV-X) (2016) 3 copies

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The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: Volume 3: 1660-1790 (2012) — Contributor — 9 copies

Horace made new : Horatian influences on British writing from the Renaissance to the twentieth century (1993) — Contributor — 8 copies

John Dryden: Tercentenary Essays (2000) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Gender: male
Education: University of Cambridge (MA|PhD)
Occupations: senior lecturer (Department of English Studies|University of Stirling)

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yeshtolle 108 reviews

The Odyssey : translated by E.V. Rieu by Robin Sowerby

The first, but also maybe the best action-adventure comedy-drama, the Odyssey holds up after 2,700 years. Odysseus is the very archetype of the larger-than-life hero, his dreams and deeds as interesting to gods as men. Our lives aren’t half so compelling, but his hope (to get back home) is relatably human. The Odyssey elevates human drama to the level of myth, a feat of narrative that has changed forever how we see ourselves.

Dec 8, 2025

davidroche 227 reviews

"Antony and Cleopatra" (York Notes Advanced) by Robin Sowerby