to supply me with all the needed reproductions; Dr. Alfred Bernhard Walcher at the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum assisted me greatly with my research; Dr F. W. Hamdorf, at the Staatliche Antikensammlungen Museum in Munchen, generously and unassumingly lent his help. Dr. Alessandra Villone, at the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Napoli e Caserta, spared no effort in finding essential materials.
My lovers, children, and friends have been more than kind and tolerant with my arcane interests; the good karma they have accumulated is inexhaustible.
A final thanks to the many others who gave of themselves to see this project reach fruition, but who, due to the somewhat provocative nature of this work, prefer to remain anonymous. I can only hope that, as a result of their efforts, people someday will no longer have anything to fear when talking about love.
