Jane Lightfoot

Jane Lucy Lightfoot FBA (born 1969) is a British classical scholar.

She then studied Classics at St John's College, Oxford, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1992: as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1994.

[3] In 2014, she was awarded a Title of Distinction by the University of Oxford as "Professor of Greek Literature".

[3] Her specialism is in the exploration of underrepresented classical texts, including mythography, ethnography, oracular literature, poetry and prose, and late antique astrological poetry.

[5] Her current project is an edition of the medical author Aretaeus of Cappadocia.