PREFACE
buted important suggestions and corrections Finally, Pro-
fessor G. B. A Fletcher kindly gave most valuable help by
going very thoroughly through the paged proofs; but because
of the late stage part of his suggestions and improvements had,
to my regret, to be put aside In selecting and describing the
illustrations I received much advice and help from Mr C. T
Seltman, Dr. P. Jacobsthal, and Dr. A Momigliano With
Mr J M Edmonds I had frequent and helpful talks, and to
him as well as to Professor G Norwood I am much obliged
for generous permission to make use of their translations of
comic fragments. To those I have mentioned, and to others
who gave occasional support, I am deeply grateful
My thanks, however, go out to this country and to all those
who have been friends to my family and myself, since we came
here Their active friendship was the decisive factor in our
lives during these years of distress I hope I shall be forgiven
for not mentioning names They are included, all of them, in
the dedication of this book, though I am truly aware of the fact
that this dedication is only a very small token of my gratitude
While I was working on the final redaction of the book,
which is a description of the Greek (or rather the Athenian)
people of more than two thousand years ago, the Greek people
of today went through a time of the greatest heroism and the
deepest suffering I cherish the most wonderful memories of
the beauty of the land and the lovable friendliness of the people
of Greece, May I be allowed to regard this book as a humble
homage also to them^?
To write history and to live history are two very different
things Deeply thankful for guidance and protection during
these years, I feel more than ever the inadequacy and insuffi-
ciency of my work History has become our fate, to live up
to it is indeed difficult
King's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne
June 1942,