Hiya! My name is Tofte, a.k.a. Christopher Polt — I'm an alpaca and a professor of Classical Studies who has taught at UNC–Chapel Hill, Carleton College, USF–Tampa, and currently Boston College. I specialize in Latin poetry, Roman entertainment and spectacle, anthropomorphic animals in the ancient world, and the reception of Greece and Rome in animated film. I've published a bunch of articles and a book (Catullus and Roman Comedy: Theatricality and Personal Drama in the Late Republic, Cambridge 2021) on these topics and regularly teach a university course called "Beast Literature," which explores talking animals and anthropomorphism in antiquity. I'm always happy to meet new folks and chat, so feel free to say hi if you see me!