ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book had its genesis at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, DC, where I was a junior Fellow in 2005-2006. I owe Greg Nagy special thanks for his continued support of my work. The CHS staff made my time there both productive and enjoyable, for which I am truly grateful. I was especially fortunate in being part of a wonderfully collegial group of Fellows at the CHS, many of whom facilitated my research in various ways. I am particularly grateful to the organizers of the Bodies and Boundaries conference, which provided an excellent forum for discussion of many of the issues addressed in this book.

An extended period of writing in 2008-2009 was supported by a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, in conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University. Two Research Scholar Grants from Vanderbilt funded my research overseas. The dean’s office of the College of Arts and Sciences provided generous support for the reproduction of images, for which I am especially grateful.

The research for this book took place at a number of libraries in the United States and abroad. The exceptional resources of the Blegen Library at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens were especially useful. At Vanderbilt, Yvonne Boyer and Ramona Romero cheerfully procured many titles essential to my work, and James Toplon most efficiently hunted down even the most obscure references through interlibrary loan.

The Visual Resources Center at Vanderbilt was instrumental in the preparation of a number of images in this book. Both Christopher Strasbaugh and Matthew Isner deserve special thanks for their knowledge, skills, and efficiency. The exceptionally talented Glynnis Fawkes prepared the line drawings.

Many others have contributed to this volume in ways large and small. Elizabeth (Betchen) Barber started me thinking about textiles and dress when I was an undergraduate at Occidental College. Her continued support has been instrumental to my development as a scholar. Joanne Eicher provided valuable guidance as I entered the then-emerging field of dress theory and has served as an excellent conduit between disciplines. I also wish to thank the specialists in ancient textiles and textile production who answered technical

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Questions and provided assistance in various ways: Carol Van Drlel-Murray, Margarita Gleba, Irene Good, and David Reese. I received valuable support and feedback from many others, especially Larissa Bonfante, A. A. Donohue, Christopher Faraone, Gloria Ferrari, Sharon James, Natalie Kampen, Molly Levine, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, and Alan Shapiro. Beatrice Rehl, Asya Graf, and the staff at Cambridge University Press demonstrated remarkable professionalism and patience throughout the production process. Kate Merken deserves special thanks for her heroic efforts in the compilation of the index. I am grateful to the two anonymous reviewers, whose comments improved the text tremendously; remaining errors are, of course, my own. Finally, my colleagues at Vanderbilt have been both supportive and collegial, for which I am most appreciative.

But I am most grateful to my family and friends, who have seen me through the writing of this book confident that I would finish it someday, even when I doubted it myself. My husband, Joe, knows all too well the challenges of such a project and has always supported my work alongside his own. Finally Chloe, whose birth coincided with the gestation of this book, has shown as much patience as can be expected. My deepest thanks to all - I could not have done it without you.