Arion seeks to publish poetry, translation, critical and literary essays, creative writing, book reviews, and visual art that captures the interest of readers both inside and outside of professional academia.

The Director and Editor-in-Chief of Arion, Herbert Golder, is Professor of Classics at Boston University and noted filmmaker.

The Editorial Board at Arion is composed of prominent poets, scholars, and intellectuals such as Robert Alter, Paul Barolsky, Anne Carson, Raymond Guess, Glenn W. Most, Martha Nussbaum, Camille Paglia, Michael C.J.

Arion was founded[1] under the auspices of classicist and translator William Arrowsmith[2] at the University of Texas at Austin in 1962.

Then president of the APA, Elaine Fantham, stated that "Arion is the one journal I would most want to show friends outside of the Classics to demonstrate our exuberant variety of form and content, and its continued vitality."