Edith Hall

Edith Hall is Professor in the department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Previously she was professor in Classics at Kings College in London and at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is also a broadcaster and writer, the author of part or the whole of no fewer than thirty books, including Introducing the Ancient Greeks and Greek Tragedy – Suffering under the Sun. She edited and introduced the Oxford World Classic edition of three of Sophocles’ tragedies, which includes, Oedipus the King.