The Athenian half-century, 478-431 BC. Thucydides I 89-118, Translation and Commentary

Alfred French (1916-1997), Research Fellow and translator, specialized in translation of Czech poetry. French began his academic career as a lecturer at Charles University in Prague, then served in the British Army during World War II. In 1947 he moved to Australia to teach classics at Newington College, Sydney (1947-1950), before joining the University of Adelaide, where he was Senior Lecturer and later Reader in Classics from 1950 to 1981. French held a visiting fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge (1968-1969), before returning to the University of Adelaide as Visiting Research Fellow (1982-1990). An active translator, he published A Book of Czech Verse (1958).