In case you were interested, Segal’s books that did not make it to the Times’ best-seller list were:

“Greek Tragedy: Modern Essays in Criticism” (Harper & Row, 1983); “Oxford Readings in Aristophanes” (Oxford University, 1996); and “Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence” (Oxford University, 2001).

Segal was a Classics Professor at Yale from the 1960s through the 1980s; more fascinating, the main character was based on both Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore, who Segal knew from his days at Harvard.

Segal was 72. Read the full Times’ Obit here.