Acknowledgments

 , wrote Kallimakhos; he might have added,  . In the many years that have passed since I began research on this book, which started as a dissertation but evolved well beyond my original intentions, I have incurred many debts. My Ph.D. supervisor, F. M. Clover, deserves first place; I cannot express how much I owe him. Of my many outstanding teachers at the University of Wisconsin, I would like to express special thanks to Kenneth Sacks, Paul Plass, Paul MacKendrick, and John Scarborough. A session at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens as a regular member in 1984–85 piqued my interest in epigraphy; it was during my year there that this topic was first conceived. During the summer of 1986 I studied Kykladic coinages at the American Numismatic Society under the direction of the late Nancy Waggonner and of Tony Hackens. I was lucky to spend the 1986–87 academic year at the Institut für Alte Geschichte at the Universität München, where I benefited from discussions with Hatto Schmitt, Jakob Seibert, and Hartmut Beister. Miguel Ramirez, my colleague at Trinity College, gave generously of his expertise to help me through the intricacies of statistical analysis; he and Helen Lang read large portions of an early draft and offered useful criticism. I want to thank Roger Bagnall, Christian Habicht, and the Press's anonymous reader, whose careful, detailed criticism sub-stantially improved this book. Finally, I am especially grateful to Erich Gruen, without whose constant support and incisive but encouraging criticism this book would not exist.

For assistance in Greece I remain indebted to William Coulson, director of the American School; to Dina Peppa-Delmouzou, former director of the Epigraphical Museum in Athens, for permission to study inscriptions in her care and for every assistance in Athens; to Fotini Zafiropoulou, ephor

of the Kyklades, and Olivier Picard, then director of the Ecole française d'Athènes, for permission to study the Delian inscriptions; to Jean-Yves Empereur, then secretary-general of the Ecole française, for arranging my stay on Delos in the summer of 1991, and to Panayotes Chatzidakes, director of the Museum on Delos, for every assistance with my work on Delos. I owe a great debt to Tom Palaima and Jean-Pierre Olivier, who rendered indispensable aid at a crucial moment.

I am very grateful to Michèle Brunet for permission to cite her unpublished thesis.

For financial support at various stages in the composition of this book I am indebted to the University of Wisconsin; to the American School for a fellowship in 1984–85; to the Fulbright Foundation for the fellowship that took me to Munich; to Trinity College for several summer grants for research in Greece; to Jan Cohn, dean of faculty at Trinity College; and finally to the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The staff of the reference department at Trinity College Library, Pat Bunker, Linda McKinney, and Peter Knapp, not only provided fast, efficient help, but also showed a genuine and gratifying interest in my research.

For the production of the book, I am indebted to Mary Lamprech, Classics editor at the Press, and Peter Dreyer, whose close attention to a complex text uncovered many errors and inconsistencies.

A different kind of debt is owed to my many friends, both inside and outside academia, who have provided me with a happy and supportive network within which to work: Elise Garrison, Michael Arnush, and Martha Risser at the American School; Kai Brodersen, Elka Bernlocher-Rettstatt, and Thomas Rettstatt at Munich; and Cheryl Greenberg and Julia Smith at Trinity College. I have also benefited from interactions with a number of excellent students at Trinity, including Jennifer Chi, Melissa Moss, Beka Jennette, and Robert Sickinger.

Finally, through the many years of research and composition that this book required, I have enjoyed the support and intellectual companionship of Edie Folta. Her level head and critical acumen helped me sharpen my arguments, make them more accessible to the nonspecialist, and saved me from many errors. This book is dedicated to the memories of Joseph Reger and William Folta.