Mr. Meineck is originally from London, England and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. After service with the Royal Marines and reading Ancient World Studies at University College London, Mr. Meineck worked extensively in London theatre.  He founded Aquila in 1991 and has produced 33 shows, directed six, wrote, translated or adapted nine, and designed lighting for 22.  Mr. Meineck’s academic appointments have included positions at Harvard, Princeton, UCSD and currently he is a Professor of Classics at New York University. Translations published by Hackett: Aristophanes Vol. 1 - Clouds, Wasps and Birds, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus and Theban Plays (with Paul Woodruff), Aristophanes’ Clouds, and his Oresteia was awarded the 2000 Louis Galantiere Award by the American Translators Association.