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Gaisford Prize, the Glossary

The Gaisford Prize is a prize awarded by the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford for a composition in Classical Greek Verse and Prose by an undergraduate student.^[1]

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596.

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A. D. Godley

Alfred Denis Godley (22 January 1856 – 27 June 1925) was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar and author of humorous poems.

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet.

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Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. is a pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best and best-known works.

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Aeneid

The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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Alfred J. Butler

Alfred Joshua Butler F.S.A. (1850 - 1936) was a British ancient historian who specialised in the history of the Copts.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet.

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Amazons

In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek:, singular; in Latin) are portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad.

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Anaximander

Anaximander (Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus,"Anaximander" in Chambers's Encyclopædia.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Areopagitica

Areopagitica; A speech of Mr.

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Aristophanes

Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy.

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Armand D'Angour

Armand D'Angour (born 23 November 1958) is a British classical scholar and classical musician, Professor of Classics at Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Jesus College, Oxford.

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Arthur Eddington

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician.

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Arthur Elam Haigh

Arthur Elam Haigh (1855–1905) was an English classical scholar.

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Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken

John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, (17 June 1847 – 27 June 1932), was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and British civil servant and the longest serving, and probably the most influential, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.

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Athalie

Athalie (sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Basil Blackwell

Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 18899 April 1984) was born in Oxford, England.

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Blue (university sport)

A blue is an award of sporting colours earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level.

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Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford.

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Bowdoin Prizes

The Bowdoin Prizes are prestigious awards given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students.

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Bronze medal

A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

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C. C. Martindale

Cyril Charlie Martindale (25 May 1879 – 18 March 1963) was a Roman Catholic priest, scholar, and writer.

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Cain (play)

Cain is a dramatic work by Lord Byron published in 1821.

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Campion Hall, Oxford

Campion Hall is one of the four permanent private halls of the University of Oxford in England.

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Cato, a Tragedy

Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713.

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Chaloner William Chute

Chaloner William Chute (1 August 1838 – 1892) was an English barrister and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford.

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Charles Bigg

Charles Bigg (1840–1908) was a Church of England clergyman, theologian and church historian.

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Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson

Charles John Pearson, Lord Pearson (6 November 1843 – 15 August 1910) was a Scottish politician and judge who rose to be a Senator of the College of Justice.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædes, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Christopher Butler (bishop)

Christopher Butler (7 May 1902 – 20 September 1986), born Basil Butler, was a convert from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church, a Bishop, a scholar, and a Benedictine Monk.

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Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era.

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Clifton College

Clifton College is a public school in the city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862 and offering both boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18.

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Colin Hardie

Colin Graham Hardie (16 February 1906 – 17 October 1998) was a British classicist and academic.

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Comus (Milton)

Comus (A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) is a masque in honour of chastity written by John Milton.

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Convocation

A convocation (from the Latin convocare meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Greek ἐκκλησία ekklēsia) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly ecclesiastical or academic.

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Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Cymbeline

Cymbeline, also known as The Tragedie of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early historical Celtic British King Cunobeline.

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (– September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and widely known and often referred to in English mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.

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David Samuel Margoliouth

David Samuel Margoliouth, FBA (17 October 1858, in London – 22 March 1940, in London) was an English orientalist.

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Deacon

A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.

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Dean (Christianity)

A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy.

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Denys Page

Sir Denys Lionel Page (11 May 19086 July 1978) was a British classicist and textual critic who served as the 34th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and the 35th Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Diogenes

Diogenes (Diogénēs), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism.

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Discus throw

The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other competitors.

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Edgar Lobel

Edgar Lobel (24 December 1888 – 7 July 1982) was a Romanian-British classicist and papyrologist who is best known for his four decades overseeing the publication of the literary texts among the Oxyrhynchus Papyri and for his edition of Sappho and Alcaeus in collaboration with Denys Page.

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Edward Cave

Edward Cave (27 February 1691 – 10 January 1754) was an English printer, editor and publisher.

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Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham

Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham, (8 September 1879 – 1 December 1955) was a British colonial administrator and politician.

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Edward II (play)

The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer, known as Edward II, is a Renaissance or early modern period play written by Christopher Marlowe.

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Edward Nicholson (librarian)

Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (16 March 1849 – 17 March 1912) was a British author and Bodley's Librarian.

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Ernest James Myers (born at Keswick 13 October 1844; died at Etchingham, Sussex, 25 November 1921), was a British poet, Classicist and author.

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Esther (play)

Esther is a play in three acts written in 1689 by the French dramatist, Jean Racine.

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Eton College

Eton College is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England.

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Evelyn Abbott

Evelyn Abbott (10 March 1843 – 3 September 1901) was an English classical scholar, born at Epperstone, Nottinghamshire.

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Every Man in His Humour

Every Man in His Humour is a 1598 play by the English playwright Ben Jonson.

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Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford

The Faculty of Classics, previously the Faculty of Literae Humaniores, is a subdivision of the University of Oxford concerned with the teaching and research of classics.

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Frederick William Hall (academic)

Frederick William Hall (3 December 1867 – 11 October 1933) was an English classical scholar and academic who served as President of St John's College, Oxford, from 18 December 1931 until his death in 1933.

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George S. Robertson

Sir George Stuart Robertson (25 May 1872 in London, England – 29 January 1967 in London, England) was a British barrister, public servant, athlete, tennis player, and classical scholar.

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Georgics

The Georgics is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE.

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Gilbert Murray

George Gilbert Aimé Murray (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres.

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Godfrey Rolles Driver

Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (20 August 1892 – 22 April 1975), known as G. R.

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Godiva (poem)

"Godiva" is a poem written in 1840 by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson when he was returning from Coventry to London, after his visit to Warwickshire in that year.

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Goethe's Faust

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.

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Gorgias (dialogue)

Gorgias (Γοργίας) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC.

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H. W. Garrod

Heathcote William Garrod (21 January 1878 – 25 December 1960) was a British classical scholar and literary scholar.

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Harold Baker (politician)

Harold Trevor Baker (22 January 1877 – 12 July 1960) was a British scholar and Liberal politician.

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Henry Fisher (judge)

Sir Henry Arthur Pears Fisher (20 January 1918 – 10 April 2005) was an English lawyer who served as a judge of the High Court of England and Wales and as President of Wolfson College, Oxford.

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Henry IV, Part 1

Henry IV, Part 1 (often written as 1 Henry IV) is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written not later than 1597.

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Henry IV, Part 2

Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599.

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Henry Nettleship

Henry Nettleship (5 May 1839 – 10 July 1893) was an English classical scholar.

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Henry Stuart Jones

Sir Henry Stuart Jones, FBA (15 May 1867 – 29 June 1939) was a British academic.

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Henry V (play)

Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599.

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus (Ἡράκλειτος) was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire.

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Herbert Warren

Sir Thomas Herbert Warren, KCVO (21 October 1853 – 9 June 1930) was a British academic and administrator who was president of Magdalen College, Oxford for 43 years (1885–1928) and vice-chancellor of Oxford University (1906–10).

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Honour Moderations

Honour Moderations (or Mods) are a set of examinations at the University of Oxford at the end of the first part of some degree courses (e.g., Greats or Literae Humaniores).

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Hugh Lloyd-Jones

Sir Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones (21 September 1922 – 5 October 2009, The Daily Telegraph, 5 October 2009) was a British classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Imam Husayn ibn Ali (translit; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader.

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J. L. Austin

John Langshaw Austin, OBE, FBA (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, best known for developing the theory of speech acts.

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, (10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922), was a British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician.

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Jeremy Morse

Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse KCMG (10 December 1928 – 4 February 2016) was an English banker, cruciverbalist and chess composer who was Chancellor of the University of Bristol from 1989 to 2003, and was chairman of Lloyds Bank.

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John Beazley

Sir John Davidson Beazley, (13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style.

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John Fiennes (lawyer)

Sir John Saye Wingfield Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, KCB, QC (14 April 1911 – 21 April 1996) was a British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman.

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Joseph Foster (genealogist)

Joseph Foster (9 March 1844 – 29 July 1905) was an English antiquarian and genealogist whose transcriptions of records held by the Inns of Court and the University of Oxford remain important historical resources.

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Julius Caesar (play)

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often abbreviated as Julius Caesar, is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599.

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Kenneth Dover

Sir Kenneth James Dover, (11 March 1920 – 7 March 2010) was a distinguished British classical scholar and academic.

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Lancing College

Lancing College is a public school (English private boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in southern England, UK.

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Le Morte d'Arthur

Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore.

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Leo Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as, which corresponds to the romanization Lyov.

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List of awards named after people

This is a list of awards that are named after people.

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List of British literary awards

This is a list of British literary awards. Gaisford Prize and list of British literary awards are British literary awards.

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List of years in literature

This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events.

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List of years in poetry

This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order).

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Lycidas

"Lycidas" is a poem by John Milton, written in 1637 as a pastoral elegy.

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Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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Manfred

Manfred: A dramatic poem is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron.

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Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice is a blank verse tragedy in five acts by Lord Byron, published and first performed in 1821.

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Max Beerbohm

Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956) was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max.

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Missolonghi

Missolonghi or Mesolongi (Μεσολόγγι) is a municipality of 32,048 people (according to the 2021 census) in western Greece.

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Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington

Christopher Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington, (11 May 1917 – 13 February 2001) known as C. M. Woodhouse, was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford from 1959 to 1966 and again from 1970 to 1974.

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Newdigate Prize

Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize, more commonly the Newdigate Prize, is awarded by the University of Oxford for the Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate student. Gaisford Prize and Newdigate Prize are awards and prizes of the University of Oxford and British poetry awards.

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Nicias

Nicias (Nikias Nikēratou Kydantidēs; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general during the period of the Peloponnesian War.

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Noël Hutton

Sir Noël Kilpatrick Hutton, GCB, QC (27 December 1907 – 14 June 1984) was a British parliamentary draftsman.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674).

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Patrick Cotter (croquet player)

Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter (24 September 1904 – 8 March 1996) was a croquet player from Ireland.

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio.

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Phèdre

Phèdre (originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.

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Phidias

Phidias or Pheidias (Φειδίας, Pheidias) was an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter, and architect, active in the 5th century BC.

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Philip Hanson (civil servant)

Sir Philip Herbert Hanson (18 September 1871 – 23 October 1955) was a British civil servant, who later served in the Irish Free State.

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Pippa Passes

Pippa Passes is a verse drama by Robert Browning.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Priest

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.

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Prometheus Unbound (Shelley)

Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in 1820.

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R. L. Nettleship

Richard Lewis Nettleship (17 December 1846 – 25 August 1892) was an English philosopher.

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Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford)

The Regius Professorship of Greek is a professorship at the University of Oxford in England. Gaisford Prize and Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford) are lists of people associated with the University of Oxford.

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Richard Gaskin

Richard Maxwell Gaskin (born 8 May 1960) is a British philosopher who is a professor at the University of Liverpool.

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Richard III (play)

Richard III is a play by William Shakespeare.

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Ripon Grammar School

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational, boarding and day, selective grammar school in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.

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Robert William Chapman (scholar)

Robert William Chapman (5 October 1881 in Eskbank, Scotland – 20 April 1960 in Oxford), usually known in print as R. W. Chapman, was a British scholar, book collector and editor of the works of Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen.

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Roderick McKenzie

Roderick McKenzie (1852 – 9 October 1934) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Buller and Motueka, in the South Island.

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Ronald Knox

Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (17 February 1888 – 24 August 1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, author, and radio broadcaster.

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Ronald Syme

Sir Ronald Syme, (11 March 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a New Zealand-born historian and classicist.

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She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773.

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Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the shot—as far as possible.

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Siege of Derry

The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland.

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Stanhope essay prize

The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford, by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855. Gaisford Prize and Stanhope essay prize are awards and prizes of the University of Oxford, awards established in 1855 and lists of people associated with the University of Oxford.

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Tamburlaine

Tamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The Castle of Indolence

The Castle of Indolence is a poem written by James Thomson, a Scottish poet of the 18th century, in 1748.

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The First Step (essay)

"The First Step" (AKA: "The Morals of Diet") is an article by Leo Tolstoy primarily advocating for vegetarianism, but at the same time also briefly mentioning themes relating to anarchism and pacifism.

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The Gentleman's Magazine

The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Lotos-Eaters

The Lotos-Eaters is a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, published in Tennyson's 1832 poetry collection.

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The Mikado

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations.

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The Mourning Bride

The Mourning Bride is a tragedy written by English playwright William Congreve.

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The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

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The Shepheardes Calender

The Shepheardes Calender (originally titled The Shepheardes Calendar, Conteyning twelve Aeglogues proportionable to the Twelve monthes. Entitled to the Noble and Vertuous Gentleman most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie M. Philip Sidney) was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579.

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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd (the equivalent of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung) and Sigurd's wife Gudrun.

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The Tragedy of Pompey the Great

The Tragedy of Pompey the Great is a play by John Masefield, based on the later career of the Roman general and politician Pompey the Great and covering the period between 50-48 BCE, from his decision to fight Julius Caesar to his assassination in Egypt.

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Thomas Farrant Higham

Thomas Farrant Higham (20 September 1890 – 29 January 1975) was an English classical scholar and translator.

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Thomas Gaisford

Thomas Gaisford (22 December 1779 – 2 June 1855) was an English classical scholar and clergyman.

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.

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Thomas Williams Phillips

Sir Thomas Williams Phillips (20 April 1883 – 21 September 1966) was a senior official in the Civil Service.

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Thou Shalt Not Kill (essay)

"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is an article by Leo Tolstoy.

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Thyrsis (poem)

"Thyrsis" (from the title of Theocritus's poem "Θύρσις") is a poem written by Matthew Arnold in December 1865 to commemorate his friend, the poet Arthur Hugh Clough, who had died in November 1861 aged only 42.

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Tobias Reinhardt

Tobias Reinhardt (born 31 August 1971) is a German classical scholar, specialising in Latin literature and ancient philosophy.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

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University College, Oxford

University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Utopia (book)

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516.

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Victor Scholderer

Julius Victor Scholderer, CBE, FBA (9 October 1880 – 11 September 1971), usually known as Victor Scholderer, was a German bibliographer born in England.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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W. S. Barrett

William Spencer Barrett FBA (29 May 1914 – 23 September 2001), usually credited as W. S. Barrett and known as Spencer Barrett, was an English classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford, and Reader in Greek Literature in the University of Oxford.

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W. S. Gilbert

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.

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Walter Ashburner

Walter Ashburner (1864 – February 1936) was an America-born British classical and legal scholar.

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Warren Hastings

Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaisford_Prize

Also known as Gaisford Prize for Greek Prose, Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.

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