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[¶1.] This book has been long in the making, and I could not have written it without the generous help of family, friends, and colleagues. I begin with my teachers Froma Zeitlin, Richard Martin, and Robert Lamberton, who shepherded this work in its earlier form as a doctoral dissertation, and who have been generous with their advice and support ever since. For their encouragement and the inspiration provided by their work, I am indebted to Ileana Chirassi Colombo, Nicole Loraux, and Jean-Pierre Vernant. Deborah Boedeker and Gregory Nagy, once-anonymous reviewers for Princeton University Press, made many indispensible suggestions and saved me from many errors. Thanks are due also to the first editor of this book, Joanna Hitchcock, who believed in it before I did, to Marta Steele, for her patient and meticulous copyediting, and to Jeffrey Carnes, for his judicious indexing.
[¶2.] I have benefited enormously from the critical talents of Fred Bohrer and Moshe Sluhovsky, both of whom read the book in its entirety. Other friends whose contributions of various kinds were much appreciated along the way include Carla Antonaccio, Kathryn Argetsinger, Stefano Gallo, Carolyn Higbie, Andrea Jürdens, Lisa Maurizio, June McCombie, Eric Miller, Deborah Modrak, Linda Reinfeld, and David Rosenbloom. For technical support at critical moments, I wish to thank Harry Barnes and David Sider, as well as Kevin Duval of Nota Bene.
[¶3.] I thank the associates of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies of the University of Rochester both for their interest in my work and for material support for my research. My thanks also to the Dean of the College of the University of Rochester for underwriting the cost of the illustrations. This project might never have gotten off the ground had it not been for the timely intervention of the American Association of University Women. During the researching of this book, I have incurred many pleasurable debts of xenia. For their hospitality, I wish to thank the faculty, students, and staff of the Department of the Classics of Harvard University and the Seminar fÜr Klassische Philologie of the University of Heidelberg, as well as the director and staff of the American Academy in Rome. Special thanks go to Deborah Boedeker and Kurt Raaflaub, directors of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., and to Ellen Roth, the Center's librarian, whose warm welcome made it not only possible, but also pleasant, to complete the innumerable small tasks required to complete this book.
[¶4.] Some debts are hard to put into words. My dear friends Nina Davis-Millis, Christopher Millis, and David Weinstock all know why their names are here. Finally, I dedicate this book to my parents, who were in on it from the beginning and to Fred, whose support and affection have lightened the end of the work.