Anton Bierl, Ph.D. (1990), University of Munich, is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Basel. He has published widely on archaic and classical Greek literature, especially Homeric epic, archaic lyric, song and performance culture, and drama. André Lardinois, Ph.D. (1995), Princeton University, is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His main fields of interest are archaic Greek poetry and classical drama. He has published extensively on Sappho. Contributors to this volume are Anton Bierl, Deborah Boedeker, Sandra Boehringer, Ewen Bowie, Stefano Caciagli, Claude Calame, Leslie Kurke, André Lardinois, Joel B. Lidov, Richard P. Martin, Llewelyn Morgan, Gregory Nagy, Dirk Obbink, Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Diane Rayor, Renate Schlesier, and Eva Stehle.
