Stephen V. Tracy is Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University and Professor and Director Emeritus at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He is the author of several books, including "Athens and Macedon: Attic Letter-Cutters of 300 to 229 B.C." (UC Press); "Athenian Democracy in Transition: Attic Letter-Cutters of 340 to 290 B.C. " (UC Press); and "The Story of the Odyssey".