About the Editors

William J. Dominik has lectured widely in Classics and the Humanities at a number of universities, including the University of Otago, where he has served as Professor and Head of Classics, and the University of Natal (South Africa), where he was also Professor and Chair of Classics. William has also taught at Texas Tech University, Monash University, University of Leeds, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh and the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) for periods ranging from one semester to three years. He has also held (or agreed to take up) Visiting Research Fellowships at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh. William is the author or editor of 261 publications (including revised editions, reprints and contracted publications) in 18 countries, including 23 books, on Roman literature and other topics. He has delivered 116 papers internationally and received 180 grants and awards (counting renewals and sponsored visits), including Commonwealth Fellowships in the United Kingdom and Australia. William has also served as Editor and Manager of Scholia since its founding in 1991 and Co-editor of Latin Literature for The Literary Encyclopedia since 2005.

John L. Hilton is Professor of Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College, Durban, South Africa. He was awarded his doctorate—a philological commentary on Books 3 and 4 of the Ethiopica of Heliodorus—by the University of Natal in 1998. He has contributed to studies in Classical reception theory to Edith Hall et al. (eds), Ancient Slavery and Abolition (Oxford 2011) and Grant Parker (ed.), Azanian Muse (Cambridge 2013). His publications include Alma Parens Originalis: The Receptions of Classical Literature and Thought in Africa, Europe, The United States, and Cuba (co-ed.) (2007); Apuleius: Rhetorical Works (co-tr.) (2001), An Introduction to Latin 1-4 (1990-91), and numerous chapters and articles on various topics, including the reception of Roman law in South Africa with particular reference to slavery at the Cape of Good Hope, the ancient novel (especially Heliodorus), onomastics (the name Azania and the names given to the nations of Africa), Classical reception studies, and computer applications in Classical philology. Forthcoming is A Commentary on Books 3 and 4 of Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius. He is a past Chairperson of the Classical Association of South Africa, is a member of the Advisory Board of Acta Classica, and has been reviews editor of the international classics journal Scholia and editor of the electronic reviews journal Scholia Reviews since 1991.