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encouragement that made me crazily think it a good idea to add three chapters to this
work. And Viviana Zelizer, who took a chance on a maddened classicist, has generously
illuminated a path to still more frustration, anxiety, insomnia, and lunacy. For their
guidance and unflagging support, I owe profound thanks.
My readers know particularly well the fits and fixation this work has caused me.
Each and every time I felt utterly shattered, defeated by the conundra I faced, with a few
choice words, a smile or an open door, and always a continuing faith that I would prevail,
they helped me to put the pieces together again. Marc Domingo Gygax has been a true
colleague; his warmth, humor, and strong vision of my project provided much-needed
moments of clarity amid years of confusion. Josh Ober gave detailed comments on every
chapter and consistently encouraged me to embrace the crazy by thinking big and outside
the box. His perspective and sage wisdom have been continuing sources of inspiration.
Andy Ford, friend and toughest critic, has been a stellar advisor, better than I could have
dreamed. He has always known the right remedy to free my thinking, and he has taught
me to grow upward from my roots. As a token of my heartfelt appreciation, and for their
masterful management of a difficult, irrational, and often elusive student, I dedicate this
work to my teachers.
Any other institution probably would have sought to quell a neurotic student’s
angst, but Princeton University has proven an uncommonly rich place for breeding
anxiety. Under the extremely generous support of a Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, a
Robert Hoffman ’58 Scholarship, and a Center for Human Values Graduate Prize
Fellowship, I was ensured to spend my every waking thought, for years, obsessing over
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