authoritative accounts of recent scholarship on all aspects of the material covered in
this book can be found in the latest edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionaryedited by
Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Modern translations are generally from the Penguin classics where these are
available. Otherwise Loeb translations are used for the most part. A complete list is
included at the end of the text. Classical references have long been standardized and
are given in most editions and translations of the text. Classical names are given in
the form in which they are most familiar in English. Dates are all BCunless otherwise
stated. A chronological table and a glossary of terms are included for convenience
at the end of the text.
XII PREFACE