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In our discussion below, McCarter provides numerous insights into Ovid and articulates several key decisions that informed her translation of his poem. “I wanted to prove, mainly to myself, that it was possible to write a poetic translation, an accurate translation, and a feminist translation all in one,” McCarter says.

David Raeburn, Classics teacher and translator who directed Greek plays into his 90s – obituary Raeburn put on more than 30 school and university productions of Greek plays – some in the original Greek, many in his own translations 3 May 2021 • 3:53pm David Raeburn being applauded at the end of a performance of Euripides' Ion at New College, Oxford, in 2012 Credit: JL Lightfoot David Raeburn, who has died aged 93, was a prolific director of Greek drama and translator of ancient literature, and as a headmaster and Oxford tutor played an important role in defending the status of Classics ...