Peter Meineck PhD is Professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University, Honorary Professor in the Humanities at the University of Nottingham and the Founder of Aquila Theatre in New York. He has published widely on the ancient theatre, cognitive theory and health humanities. He has worked extensively in the theatre in New York and London and directed several notable arts and humanities public programs in the US. His most recent publications include The Routledge Handbook of Classics and Cognitive Theory and Theatrocracy: Greek Drama, Cognition and the Imperative for Theatre. His new English translation of Aristophanes’ Frogs will be published in September 2021 by Hackett.