Erich Wolf Segal (born June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author, screenwriter, and educator. The son of a rabbi, Segal attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn and traveled to Switzerland to take summer courses. A brilliant student, he attended Harvard University, graduating as both the class poet and Latin salutatorian in 1958, after which he obtained his master's degree and a doctorate. Segal has been married to Karen Marianne James since 1975; they have two daughters. He was a professor of Greek and Latin literature at Harvard University, Yale University and Princeton University. He now is teaching at Wolfson College, Oxford.…
