classical scholar

Synonyms:

classicist

Examples:

Benjamin Jowett

English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893)

George Gilbert Aime Murphy

British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

Friedrich August Wolf

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

Types:

Latinist

a specialist in the Latin language

Type of:

humanist

a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts