To the memory of three generous scholars and teachers,
remembered with deep gratitude and affection
ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς
Mr. John Strathallan Drummond Nation (1900–1975)
Parkdale Collegiate, Toronto
Professor Nicolas Oikonomides (1934–2000)
Département d’ Histoire, Université de Montréal, 1969–1989
Professor Malcolm Barton Wallace (1942–2008)
Department of Classics, University of Toronto, 1969–2007
E.M.
To my wife Carla
J.W.N.