Michael Fontaine

Mike Fontaine is Professor of Classics at Cornell University, in the heart of the Finger Lakes wine region. He has published many books on the lighter side of ancient Greece and Rome. His latest is titled How to Speak Freely: An Ancient Guide to Free Speech and Dissent. It’s his sixth entry in Princeton’s Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, and it couldn't be timelier. He lives in Ithaca, New York, and travels frequently.