The papers collected here proceed from a colloquium organized by the University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History (UWICAH) at Hay-on-Wye, July 17–19, 2000. The volume is dedicated to our former colleague, Stephen Mitchell, the co-founder of UWICAH, in celebration of his appointment to the Leverhulme Chair of Hellenistic History at the University of Exeter, and in thanks for his guidance with the project.