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June 21, 2024 82 mins
Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, editor, and writer of children's fiction. He was born in 1952, and studied Classics at Manchester University, where he achieved a first class degree in 1974. He went on to research ancient Greek philosophy at King's College, Cambridge until 1978, after which he became a lecturer at Newcastle University and then St Andrews University. He later became a copy-editor and later a commissioning editor for Penguin Books. He is now a self-employed writer, living in southern Greece.

Some of his notable works include:

  • Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy
  • Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran
  • The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
  • Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths
  • Epictetus The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
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