About the Author

Francis Cairns is the author of Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry, Hellenistic Epigram: Contexts of Exploration, and of monographs on Tibullus, Virgil, and Propertius, as well as numerous articles on a wide range of Greek and Latin poetry and other fields. He is Professor of Classical Languages at The Florida State University, Professor of Latin and Director of Research, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Manchester University.