Citations from Homer’s Iliad are from E. V. Rieu’s translation, with occasional minor alterations.
For assistance and guidance in various ways, may I thank: Vincenzo Bellelli, Giulia Bertoni, James Clackson, Jasper Gaunt, Richard Hunter, Geraldine Norman, Michael Padgett, Michael Squire, Peter Stewart, Christos Tsirogiannis and Dyfri Williams. Surviving errors are culpa mea.
Beyond their general support, the Faculty of Classics and Emmanuel College have assisted with the costs of images.
I am grateful to Richard Milbank for his encouragement to write the book, and to Georgina Blackwell for nursing it through publication.