The Editor gratefully acknowledges the help of her co-editor (Professor Cathy Morgan), various members of the Editorial Board, the BSA Publications subcommittee, all the referees, the copy-editor (Leofranc Holford-Strevens), the typesetter (Mark Heslington), and the indexer (Professor Graham Shipley) in the preparation of this volume. Dr Yannis Galanakis kindly provided Greek translations for some of the abstracts; Ms Elaine Massung helped in many practical ways.