Tucídides, El Discurso Fúnebre de Pericles

Antonio Arbea Gavilán (1943-), philologist and translator. Arbea Gavilán earned a degree in philosophy with a focus on classical languages from the University of Chile in 1974. From 1967 to 1982, he taught Latin, Greek, and historical linguistics at the University of Chile, where he also served as director of the Department of Classical Philology. Between 1982 and 1995, he taught Philosophical Texts in Latin and Greek at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research has focused on classical philosophy, Latin humanist comedy, and the theory and practice of translation. Among his published works are critical editions and Spanish translations of Plato's Apology, Servius's Commentary on Virgil, and Virgil's Aeneid. Arbea Gavilán is full member of the Chilean Academy of Language since 1995.