The Classical World of Tolkien Researcher and translator Konstantin Pirozhkov

The Classical World of Tolkien
Researcher and translator Konstantin Pirozhkov

Tolkien is best known as the creator of the “medieval” world of Middle-earth, yet he originally entered university to study Classical Antiquity.

What role did the Ancient Greek and Latin languages, as well as the cultures of Greece and Rome, play in the life and work of the author of The Lord of the Rings?

These questions will be explored by Konstantin Pirozhkov, a researcher of the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien and a contributor to official translations of Tolkien’s writings and scholarly literature about him.