About the Author
John Percival Postgate (1853-1926) was an English classicist and Latin scholar who taught at the University of Liverpool, Cambridge, and University College, London. He edited the Classical Review and the Classical Quarterly as well as editions of the Latin poets Propertius, Lucan, Tibullus, and Phaedrus. His works in Latin include Corpus Poetarum Latinorum and Silva Maniliana.
