About the Author

Jeffrey Duban attended the Boston Public Latin School, where he began his study of Latin in the seventh grade and classical Greek in the tenth. Graduating from Brown University with a combined B.A.-M.A. in classics, he went on to complete his PhD in classical philology at The Johns Hopkins University. After a brief university teaching career, he enrolled in law school, obtaining his JD degree from the Fordham Law School. As an attorney, Mr. Duban specialized in academic law, defending professors in promotion and tenure disputes, and professors and students alike in racial discrimination and sexual misconduct cases.  

Mr. Duban is the author of The Lesbian Lyre:Reclaiming Sappho for the 21st Century (2016) and The Shipwreck Sea: Love Poems and Essays in a Classical Mode (2019), both publications of Clairview Books (UK), Sevak Gulbekian, Chief Editor. An avid supporter of the arts, Mr. Duban has also produced and narrated the musical programs “Sappho, Nine Fragments for Contralto” by Sir Granville Bantock, and “Sappho for Soprano” with music by prominent composers on Sapphic themes, including the commission and premiere of Constantine Caravassilis’ “My Life a Lyric Cry.”

Contact jmd@achilleid.com