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The Iliad
The Iliad In the spring of 1862 I was induced, at the request of some personal friends,...
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The Iliad
In the spring of 1862 I was induced, at the request of some personal friends, to print, for private circulation only, a small volume of Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern, in which was included the first Book of the Iliad. The opinions expressed by some competent judges of the degree of success which had attended this attempt to infuse into an almost literal English version something of the spirit, as well as the simplicity, of the great original, [Footnote: Introduction to unpublished volume.] were sufficiently favourable to encourage me to continue the work which I had begun. It has afforded me, in the intervals of more urgent business, an unfailing, and constantly increasing source of interest; and it is not without a feeling of regret at the completion of my task, and a sincere diffidence as to its success, that I venture to submit the result of my labour to the ordeal of public criticism. Various causes, irrespective of any demerits of the work itself, forbid me to anticipate for this translation any extensive popularity. First, I fear that the taste for, and appreciation of, Classical Literature, are greatly on the decline; next, those who have kept up their classical studies, and are able to read and enjoy the original, will hardly take an interest in a mere translation; while the English reader, unacquainted with Greek, will naturally prefer the harmonious versification and polished brilliancy of Popes translation; with which, as a happy adaptation of the Homeric story to the spirit of English poetry, I have not the presumption to enter into competition. But, admirable as it is, Popes Iliad can hardly be said to be Homers Iliad; and there may be some who, having lost the familiarity with the original language which they once possessed, may, if I have at all succeeded in my attempt, have recalled to their minds a faint echo of the strains which delighted their earlier days, and may recognize some slight trace of the original perfume. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
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Ebook Number: 6150
Author: Homer, 750? BCE-650? BCE
Release Date: Jul 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English
Contributors
Translator: Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869
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