This volume includes fifteen articles by, among others, David M. Gunn; Wendell Clausen; G. W. Bowersock; Robert Renehan; George Leonidas Koniaris; Emilio Gabba; Herbert C. Youtie; Gerald M. Browne; and David Gordon Mitten and Gülden Yügrüm.

'The Harvard Studies in Classical Philology' are published by the authority of the President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of the Class of 1856, as well as by other gifts and bequests. These studies are contributed chiefly by Harvard instructors and graduates, although articles by other are not excluded. The editor wishes to express thanks to his colleagues for help in preparing the volume.