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Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby
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Title: The Iliad
Author: Homer
Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby
Release Date: July, 2004 [EBook #6150]
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Edition: 10
Language: English
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- START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ILIAD ***
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THE ILIAD OF HOMER
RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE.
BY
EDWARD EARL OF DERBY.
PREFACE.
In the spring of 1862 I was in