Author:Edward Hayes Plumptre

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Edward Hayes Plumptre
(1821–1891)

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English divine and scholar known as a translator of the plays of Sophocles (1865) and Aeschylus (1868), and of the Divine commedia by Dante (1886).

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D. (DCBL)
Articles attributed to this author are designated in DCBL by the initials "E.H.P."

Works

Poems

Lazarus (1864),
Master and Scholar (1866)
""Honour All Men"" in Littell's Living Age, 117 (1516) (1873)

Theological works

An Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia (1877),
The Spirits in Prison (1884),
"The Book of Proverbs" (which he annotated in the Speaker's Commentary),
"Synoptic Gospels, Acts, and II. Corinthians" in Bishop Ellicott's New Testament Commentary, and Life of Bishop'Ken (1888).

Contributions to the DCBL

Translations

The Tragedies of Sophocles, rev. ed. (1878)
Œdipus the King

Œdipus at Colonos
The Tragedies of Æschylos (1873)

Works about Plumptre

"Plumptre, Edward Hayes," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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