classicist

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Kathleen Coleman, renowned Harvard classicist, points to the words of the Roman poet Martial, who makes reference to Mars and Venus both in armor and women in the arena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

"Edison Denisov was a classicist with very subtle yet strict logic. Alfred Schnittke was a romantic. My style could be best described as archaic."

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

His papers at the University of Illinois — he was a classicist there — have yet to be processed.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024

“The classicist who wants to be modern, meeting the modernist who wants to be classical.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Coleman is a classicist who studied at Oxford and a former consultant for McKinsey & Company who clearly enjoys his role as a provocateur.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove