Margie Freeman
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I’m Margie Freeman, a part-time nonprofit coordinator, part-time barista, and free-time Ancient Greek translator. Here you will find my small portfolio of personal projects — for free!
Sophocles’ Ajax, a new translation
Written and performed in the 5th century BCE, I spent a year translating Sophocles’ famous tragedy into English.
A collection of essays I wrote in college and graduate school covering topics such as monsters, festival culture, ekstasis, and, literally, all the places in between.
Liminal Bodies, Liminal Spaces
The Political and Cultural Implications of the Ancient Greek Ghost
My undergraduate thesis explores the usage and meaning of ghosts in Homer’s epics and Aeschylus’ Oresteia.