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Gilbert Murray, scholar, writer,
translator, and dramatist should be
remembered because he possessed
and put to use a combination of
qualities that are among the finest a
human being can have: rationality,
passion, compassion, curiosity,
courage, patience, and an abhorrence
of cruelty in all its forms.
He showed through his writings and
his life that it was possible to live a life
that was fully rational, without
intellectual compromise, and yet full of
conscious awareness and wonder.
Gilbert Murray’s Victorian translations
of Ancient Greek drama provide a
window into the ancient past through
the recent past. His writings on
Hellenism are worthy of the attention
of Greeks today, at least half of whom
live outside their country and have a
tenuous link to their heritage.
I was born in Australia fourteen days
after Gilbert Murray died. I am also a
Murray, and I may be a distant relative.
Throughout my life his writings have
seemed to follow me, popping up
unexpectedly and revealing that many
of our interests were curiously
parallel. I made this site because I
have come to respect the man deeply,
and I wanted to do something for him.
in Ancient Greece and what the
past can tell us about our own
humanity.
All writers hope to be read and
remembered, and for them, fading
out of print is like a second death.
I hope for anyone who visits this
site, their brief experience here
may inspire them to read further,
and keep Gilbert Murray’s world-
view alive.