Kathryn Topper is a trained Classical archaeologist with an emphasis in Greek art, and is especially interested in the ways in which images intersect with other elements of culture, including literature, ritual, spectacle, and performance. Topper's publications include The Imagery of the Athenian Symposium (Cambridge UP 2012) and articles on a variety of issues in Greek vase painting. Their second book, currently in progress, is tentatively titled The Thalamegos of Ptolemy IV Philopator: Power, Spectacle, and the Royal Ship in Hellenistic Alexandria. Smaller projects include chapters about image and inscription on sympotic pottery, as well as an article on the metopes of Temple C at Thermon.