The document discusses various copula families that can model multivariate distributions, including elliptical and Archimedean copulas. It specifically focuses on introducing Archimax copulas, which allow for more flexible modeling of tail dependence than Archimedean copulas. The document outlines key properties of copulas and defines standard copula families like the independent and comonotonic copulas. It also discusses elliptical distributions and their associated elliptical copulas before introducing Archimax copulas and their properties in higher dimensions.