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The Iliad of Homer (1873), by Homer
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Title: The Iliad of Homer (1873)
Author: Homer
Translator: Theodore Alois Buckley
Release Date: August 23, 2007 [EBook #22382]
Language: English
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THE ILIAD OF HOMER,
Literally Translated, WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES.
BY
THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY, B.A. OF CHRIST CHURCH.
LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1873.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
PREFACE.
The present translation of the Iliad will, it is hoped, be found to convey, more accurately than any which has preceded it, the words and thoughts of the original. It is based upon a careful examination of whatever has been contributed by scholars of every age towards the elucidation of the text, including the ancient scholiasts and lexicographers, the exegetical labours of Barnes and Clarke, and the elaborate criticisms of Heyne, Wolf, and their successors.
The necessary brevity of the notes has prevented the full discussion of many passages where there