Background
Bacon, Helen Hazard was born on March 9, 1919 in Berkeley, California, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Martha (Stringham) Bacon.
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The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht, one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets, and Helen Bacon, a classical scholar, are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes. The third and only remaining play in a trilogy dealing with related events, The Seven Against Thebes tells the story of the Argive attempt to claim the Kingdom of Thebes, and of the deaths of the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices, each by the others hand. Long dismissed by critics as ritualistic and lacking in dramatic tension, Seven Against Thebes is revealed by Hecht and Bacon as a work of great unity and drama, one exceptionally rich in symbolism and imagery.
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Bacon, Helen Hazard was born on March 9, 1919 in Berkeley, California, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Martha (Stringham) Bacon.
Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1955; postgraduate, University of California at Berkeley, 1940-1941; postgraduate, Radcliffe College, 1941-1942; Doctor of Letters, Middlebury College, 1970.
With communications division, United States Navy Department, 1942;
instructor Greek and freshman English, Bryn Mawr College, 1946-1949;
instructor Latin, North Carolina Women's College, Greensboro, 1951-1952;
from instructor to associate professor classics, Smith College, 1953-1961;
member of faculty, Barnard College, New York City, 1961-1989;
professor Greek and Latin, Barnard College, 1965-1989;
department chairman, Barnard College, 1962-1974;
member of faculty Graduate School Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1975-1989;
professor emeritus, Barnard College, since 1989. Scholar in residence American Academy in Rome, 1968-1969. Faculty Bread Loaf School English, summers 1966, 68, 73, 75.
Blegen distinguished visiting research professor Vassar College, fall 1979. Visiting professor Harvard University, spring 1983. Visiting resident research fellow American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1984-1985.
Visiting professor classics Hampshire College, part-time, 1986-1987.
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Served to lieutenant Walking Attack Vehicle Enhanced United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Philological Association (director 1976-1979, 83-86, Second vice president 1983, 1st vice president 1984, president 1985), Archaeol. Institute American, Classical associations Empire State, Atlantic States, New York Classical Club (vice president 1965-1967), American Civil Liberties Union (director Hampshire-Hamden chapter 1959-1960), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).