Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, editor, and writer. He is known for his translations of ancient Greek philosophy and history, as well as his original works on ancient Greece and biographies of historical figures. He has also written children's fiction and gamebooks. Waterfield studied Classics at Manchester University and researched ancient Greek philosophy at King's College, Cambridge. He has held academic positions at Newcastle University and the University of St Andrews, and worked as an editor for Penguin Books. He is now a self-employed writer living in southern Greece, where he holds Greek citizenship.
Notable Works
['Plato: Philebus', 'Plato: Theaetetus', 'Xenophon: Conversations of Socrates', 'Plutarch: Essays', 'Epicurus: Letter on Happiness', 'Plato: Republic', 'Herodotus: The Histories', 'The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and the Sophists', 'Polybius: The Histories', 'Marcus Aurelius: Meditations: The Annotated Edition', 'The Complete Works of Epictetus: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments', 'Before Eureka: The Presocratics and Their Science', 'Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran', 'Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis', 'Athens: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City', 'Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy']
