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Acknowledgments and Dedication

I owe the University of Aberdeen a great debt for the myriad instances of support and encouragement that I received during my decade-and-a-half association with the institution, but a few people bear particular mention. First of all, my thanks should be offered to Dr. Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer for the integral part that she played in overseeing my academic development over many years. I am also indebted to the encouragement that I received from Professor Grant Macaskill, Dr. Jane Heath, and Dr. Tomas Bokedal, and the various suggestions they made which improved my manuscript. The funding I obtained from the Arts and Humanities Research Council was also paramount in helping me to bring this book to a successful completion, for which I am most grateful. My time at the British School at Athens, and at Tyndale House, Cambridge, also greatly aided my research and provided me with many happy memories.

Beyond academia, I owe particular thanks to my wife Mary Jane. Her patience with my intermittent absences, the presence of innumerable books crowding our home, and her efforts in supporting me through the ups and downs of academic research have been invaluable. My deepest gratitude though should be expressed to my parents, Donald and Margaret MacGillivray, for the love, patience, and wisdom that they have continually extended to me. They have supported me in every way possible and with unstinting resolve. This book would not exist were it not for them, and for this reason I wholeheartedly dedicate this work to them.