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

In the first part of her career, Grande was mainly a classicist with roots in hip-hop soul, ’90s R&B and brassy show tunes.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Of “truths” like geocentrism, the four elements of the material universe, or the body’s four “humors,” one classicist has asked Why prove them?

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro