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ix a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s This book would not exist without the help of many people who have engaged it at various stages of its coming into being. Mitchell Greenberg, in particular, has been an inspiration and a faithful friend for this, as for the other books that I have written. Without his persistent encouragement and fine intelligence, I might have abandoned this project long ago. Colleagues in Miami University’s Department of Classics, notably Steve Nimis, Denise McCoskey, and Peter Rose, have given generously of their time and provided invaluable feedback on earlier versions, helping to orient a nonspecialist in the arcana of their discipline. Piero Pucci shared important bibliographical recommendations and more general advice. Dimitris Vardoulakis, Gabriela Basterra, and an anonymous reader for Fordham University Press offered astute and detailed readings of the manuscript and provided recommendations that strengthened it significantly. Jacques De Groote, of Roger Violet in Paris, Marilyn Katz of Wesleyan University, and curators at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens helped me with information about Attic funerary monuments and iconography. Many other colleagues and friends have lent aid, insight, and advice at various crucial moments, especially Bruno Chaout, Tim Melley, Jim Creech, Emily Zakin, Elisabeth Hodges, Sven-Erik Rose, and Claire Goldstein. And I am grateful to Helen Tartar, Eric Newman, Teresa Jesionowski, and Derek Gottlieb at Fordham University Press—their intelligence, judgment, and support have made this book possible. An Assigned Research Leave from Miami University allowed me access to the resources of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France while giving me the time to concentrate and write. ...

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