Frank Justus Miller

Frank Justus Miller (1858-1938) was a leading American classicist, translator, and university administrator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[1] He obtained his bachelor's degree from Denison University in 1879, and took up the career of a Latin instructor, teaching at Clinton College for a year while continuing his studies.

[3] While completing his Ph.D. at Yale, Miller became acquainted with William Rainey Harper, then a professor of Semitic languages.

Miller's approach to Ovid for the Loeb Classical Library edition of the Metamorphoses was considered regressive even in its time,[4] but inspired later translators in the same mold, such as A.E.

[5] In 1908, Miller published two theatrical adaptations of passages in Virgil's Aeneid, "Dido: The Phoenician Queen" and "The Fall of Troy".

[9] Miller held leadership positions outside the University as well, serving as president of the American Classical League from 1922 to 1934.

[1] Miller's translations and writings on Virgil led to a chairmanship of a planning committee for the 1930 "Bimillenarium Vergilianum", which was sponsored by the American Classical League, of which he was serving as president.