The Twelfth Book of Homer's Odyssey Edited for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Twelfth Book of Homer's Odyssey: Edited for the Use of Schools <p>The purpose of this text is the same as that of its predecessors in the series of School Classics of which it forms a part, - namely, to add to the number of classical writings which, being specially prepared with this end in View, can be used to advantage by pupils who have mastered the rudiments of the language and wish to read the ancient masters for the enjoyment of their beauty of thought and expression rather than for purposes of grammatical exploitation. A specially pre pared vocabulary giving the meaning of each word in each place where it occurs, carefully prepared notes, and word-groups intended to widen the student's mental horizon as far as words, their birth, and their relation to one another are concerned, will, it is hoped, do much to make such enjoyment possible. <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.