Gentle readers: I had planned to write several more posts within the next couple of days. But alas! during this, my most popular series of posts to date, my hosting service has notified me that they will be changing servers. ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ should continue to be available without interruption, but for at least the next two days I will not be able to update it. I apologize for interruption to the oft demanded and, thus far, well received series of summer posts, and I hope to continue them soon.