This collection of papers derives from a conference held at the University of Auckland in January 2016. We are grateful to the university for its help in the organisation of the conference, as well as to the managers of the Staff Common Room at Old Government House for providing us with such an exceptional venue. We are also grateful to the Faculty of Arts, and particularly Robert Greenberg (Dean of the Faculty of Arts), as well as the School of Humanities, and specifically Malcolm Campbell (Head of the School of Humanities), for their generous financial support. We are similarly grateful to Massey University’s School of Humanities for its generous support in funding the conference, and especially to Kerry Taylor, the Head of the School. We should like to thank everyone who presented at the event, those who helped to chair sessions, those who assisted in its smooth running (Sinead Brennan-McMahon, Ashley Flavell, and Aaron RhodesSchroder, among many others), and those who attended and engaged in such a lively and fruitful manner. We should also like to thank Matthew Trundle (Head of Classics and Ancient History at Auckland) for his opening remarks and Christopher Smith for his excellent keynote address at the conference’s conclusion. The present volume would have obviously been impossible without the excellent people who contributed to it in various ways, not only the authors, but also the many anonymous peer-reviewers who very kindly agreed to assess the individual contributions. The latter cannot be named for obvious reasons, but we should also like to thank a few people who can: Han Baltussen and Arthur Pomeroy (the editors of Antichthon, who agreed to hand over the reins and who offered much support throughout), Heiko Westphal (copy-editor for Antichthon, whose contribution and efforts were invaluable and went far beyond those of a regular copy-editor), as well as Anne Mackay (President of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies) and the other members of the ASCS executive committee for similarly supporting us in this endeavour. At Cambridge University Press, we should like to thank Jamie McIntyre for his help and guidance in the more practical details of producing this edition.

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致谢

本论文集来自于 2016 年 1 月在奥克兰大学举行的一次会议。我们感谢大学在组织会议方面提供的帮助，也感谢旧政府大楼员工公共休息室的管理人员为为我们提供了如此特殊的场地。我们也感谢文学院，特别是罗伯特格林伯格（文学院院长），以及人文学院，特别是马尔科姆坎贝尔（人文学院院长），感谢他们慷慨的财政支持。我们同样感谢梅西大学人文学院对会议的慷慨支持，特别是学院院长 Kerry Taylor。我们要感谢出席活动的所有人、帮助主持会议的人、那些协助其顺利运行的人（Sinead Brennan-McMahon、Ashley Flavell 和 Aaron RhodesSchroder 等），以及那些以如此生动而富有成效的方式参加和参与的人。我们还要感谢 Matthew Trundle（奥克兰古典与古代历史系主任）的开幕词和 Christopher Smith 在会议结束时的精彩主题演讲。如果没有以各种方式为本书做出贡献的优秀人员，不仅是作者，还有许多非常友好地同意评估个人贡献的匿名同行评审员，本书显然不可能完成。后者由于显而易见的原因无法命名，但我们还要感谢一些可以命名的人：Han Baltussen 和 Arthur Pomeroy（Antichthon 的编辑，谁同意交出缰绳并在整个过程中提供了很多支持），Heiko Westphal（Antichthon 的文案编辑，他的贡献和努力是无价的，远远超出了常规文案编辑的贡献），以及 Anne Mackay（总裁澳大利亚古典研究学会的成员）和 ASCS 执行委员会的其他成员，同样支持我们的这一努力。在剑桥大学出版社，我们要感谢杰米·麦金太尔 (Jamie McIntyre) 在制作此版本的更多实际细节方面提供的帮助和指导。以及 Anne Mackay（澳大利亚古典研究学会主席）和 ASCS 执行委员会的其他成员，同样支持我们的这一努力。在剑桥大学出版社，我们要感谢杰米·麦金太尔 (Jamie McIntyre) 在制作此版本的更多实际细节方面提供的帮助和指导。以及 Anne Mackay（澳大利亚古典研究学会主席）和 ASCS 执行委员会的其他成员，同样支持我们的这一努力。在剑桥大学出版社，我们要感谢杰米·麦金太尔 (Jamie McIntyre) 在制作此版本的更多实际细节方面提供的帮助和指导。