1716 -- Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad is published
1813 -- birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist)
1937 -- birth of Erich Segal (Classicist, known to Classicists for his work on ancient comedy; known to the rest of the world as the author of Love Story)
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