James Bradley Wells is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University, USA. He has published one poetry collection, Bicycle (2013), and one poetry chapbook, The Kazantzakis Guide to Greece (2015), and his poetry has appeared in New England Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Painted Bride Quarterly, Solstice: A Magazine for Diverse Voices, Spoon River Poetry Review, Stone Canoe, and Western Humanities Review, among other journals. He is also the author of Pindar’s Verbal Art (2009), a study of poetics and performance of Pindar’s (518-438 BCE) victory songs for ancient Greek athlete