Note on Authors and Translations
The evidence base for the study of Greek religion is extremely diverse, and accord-
ingly a wide range of ancient authors and inscriptions is cited in this volume. Those
who seek further background information on the authors mentioned may turn in the
first instance to theOxford Classical Dictionary(3rd edn, ed. S. Hornblower and
A. Spawforth, Oxford, 1996). Unfortunately, the works of many of these authors still
await translation into English, and this is true of the majority of the inscriptions cited.
Translations of the more canonical authors, Greek or Latin, will be most conveniently
found in the Loeb Classical Library series. Quotations from ancient authors in this
volume are the contributors’ own, except where otherwise indicated.
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