Part I. Introduction. Im/politeness research in ancient Greek and Latin : concepts, methods, data / Luis Unceta Gómez, Łukasz Berger
Part II. The expression of im/politeness. Towards a comparison of Greek and Roman politeness systems / Peter Barrios-Lech
How to be polite without saying 'please' in classical Greek? : the role of dē in polite requests / Camille Denizot
Text as interaction : ut mihi (quidem) videtur as a hedging device in Latin literary texts / Francesca Mencacci
Politeness formulae in Roman non-literary sources : the case of juridical texts / Rolando Ferri
Part III. Im/politeness in use. Friendship terms in Plato / Michael Lloyd
Conversational openings and politeness in Menander : an integrated pragmatic approach to Menandrean dialogue / Giada Sorrentino
Im/politeness of interruptions in Roman comedy / Łukasz Berger
Im/politeness and conversation analysis in Greek tragedy : the case of Theseus and the herald in Euripides' Supplices / Evert van Emde Boas
Qui honoris causa nominatur : form and function of third-party politeness in Cicero / Lidewij van Gils and Rodie Risselada
Banter, teasing and politeness in Varro's De re rustica / Jon Hall
Part IV. Ancient perceptions of im/politeness. Being polite the Roman way : comments about im/politeness in the comedies of Plautus and Terence / Luis Unceta Gómez
Impoliteness outside literature : the Colloquium Harleianum / Federica Iurescia
Politeness in ancient scholarship / Anna Zago.