Luciano Canfora, emeritus professor at the University of Bari, is the director of the magazine Quaderni di storia and writer on Corriere della Sera. Among his most recent books: Augusto figlio di Dio (2015), La crisi dell’utopia. Aristofane contro Platone (2016), Tucidide. La menzogna, la colpa, l’esilio (2016), all published by Laterza; Disegnare il futuro con intelligenza antica (edited with U. Cardinale, 2013) and Gli antichi ci riguardano (2014) published by Il Mulino.