The present volume in this distinguished series includes the essays â?oHomer as Oral Poet,â? by Albert B. Lord; â?oCallimachus, Fragments 260â?"261,â? by Hugh Lloyd-Jones and John Rea; â?oA Kingâ??s Notebooks,â? by E. Badian; â?oRoman Policy in Spain before the Hannibalic War,â? by G. V. Sumner; and â?oThe Proconsulate of Albus,â? by G. W. Bowersock.
Every speech in Homer must be preceded by an introduction, which may be a word or two, a verse, or several verses. Naturally the majority of these consist of regular formulae of various kinds.