The Grammar of Attic Inscriptions

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Sterling Dow, who originally suggested this project and encouraged and supported it for more than three decades, will not unfortunately be present for the appearance of the second volume, although he was aware that its printing had begun before his passing in January of 1995. To Professor Dow I would like again to offer special thanks and also to show my gratitude to the late Professors James Oliver and Eugene Vanderpool. These three distinguished members of a generation of American epigraphers now gone have greatly furthered the production of this Grammar, and they have served as a source of inspiration not only to me but to a whole generation of my contemporaries who have turned to epigraphical research. I thank Kevin Clinton for facilitating my access to the numerous Attic inscriptions at Eleusis, and without his help I certainly would not have been able to locate many of the inscriptions I needed to examine. Sara Aleshire, in this volume as in the first, has proved of invaluable help in so many ways, and along with her I would like to mention especially from the many who have assisted in the preparation of this volume Angelos Matthaiou, Ronald Stroud, and Steven Tracy. Professor Michael Meier-Brügger and Professor Volkmar Schmidt were kind enough to read the manuscript in proof, and I would like to thank both of them for providing me with numerous suggestions and corrections. As in the earlier volume Professor Schmidt brought to bear again his immense learning and saved me from many an error. Errors which remain are entirely my own.