"“...Opportunity is made out to be the youngest child of Zeus”. Opportunity is, of course, the god Kairos, who personifies a seminal concept in ancient Greek culture that was strategic to classical rhetoric, literature, aesthetics, and ethics.Kairos is typically thought of as “timing,” or the “right time,” although its use went far beyond temporal reference, as the essays in this volume demonstrate. A fundamental notion in ancient Greece, kairos carried a number of meanings in classical rhetorical theory and history, including “symmetry,” “propriety,” “occasion,” “due measure,” “fitness,” “tact”, “decorum,” “convenience,” “proportion,” “fruit,” “profit,” and “wise moderation,” to mention some of the more common uses. In some critical ways, kairos is similar to another master term, logos, in that both concepts generated many significant definitions and interpretations and carried strategic implications for historical interpretation."