William C. Scott (Humanities Research Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College) has a special interest in classical Greek poetry, both epic and tragic. He has written widely on classical authors; his major works include The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile, A Commentary on Prometheus Bound, a translation of Plato’s Republic, and Musical Design in Aeschylean Theater, which was awarded the 1986 Goodwin Award of Merit by the American Philological Association.