Josh Ober is the David Magie Professor of Ancient History and Chairman of the Classics Department at Princeton University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Greek history and political thought. His books include 'Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens' (1989), 'The Athenian Revolution' (1996), and most recently, 'Political Dissent in Democratic Athens (1998). He has been a resident Fellow at the National Humanities Center, the Center for Hellenic Studies, the University of New England (Australia), and Claire Hall (Cambridge, UK).