First Book of the Iliad; Battle of the Frogs and Mice; Hymn to the Delian Apollo; Bacchus, Or the Rovers; Second Book of the Iliad (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from First Book of the Iliad; Battle of the Frogs and Mice; Hymn to the Delian Apollo; Bacchus, or the Rovers; Second Book of the Iliad <p>But to come closer to the question, - I hoped that to a fidelity equal to the most scrupulous of my predecessors, I might be found to unite a cer tain degree of vigour, and to atone for a defect of, poetical merit by conciseness and perspicuity. When I Speak of fidelity, however, let it be ob served, in justice to myself, that I carry the import of this word somewhat further than is usually done. Itranslate for the English reader, and do not think it sufiicient to give him a loose idea of the original, but as fair and'perfect a transcript of.it as the difference of, language will admit: at the same time it will, Itrust, appear that I have not, in any instance, fallen into barbarisms or violated the idiom of my own country. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.