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Peter V. Jones MBE (1942–) is a Cambridge graduate with a doctorate on Homer.〔(Peter V. Jones ) at the National Library of Australia〕 He is a former senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and co-founded with Jeannie Cohen the ''Friends of Classics'' charity.〔(Peter Jones says that universities are becoming factories of jargon and illiteracy ), ''The Spectator'', 14 June 2003〕 He used to be a teacher but is now employed as a writer, journalist and broadcaster. Spokesman for the national Co-ordinating Committee for Classics, Jones penned the series ''QED'' and ''Eureka'' for the ''Daily Telegraph''. These pieces were subsequently published as ''Learn Latin'' and ''Learn Ancient Greek'' by Duckworth, which has also accounted for his ''Classics in Translation'' (again from the ''Daily Telegraph'') and ''Ancient and Modern'' (from his weekly column in ''The Spectator''). Jones has collaborated for Cambridge on ''Reading Greek'' and ''Reading Latin''. He has published a book called "Vote For Caesar" (2008) about how ancient civilisations have solved the problems of today. Awarded the MBE in 1983, Jones has written numerous tomes and essays on Homer. == See also == * English translations of Homer: Peter Jones 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Jones (classicist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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