The First Six Books of the Iliad of Homer: Literally Translated Into English Prose (Classic Reprint). This item is unavailable.The First Six Books of the Iliad of Homer: Literally Translated Into English Prose (Classic Reprint)

PREFAC E. IN offering the following work to the Public, we feel it our lUlnlblc conviction that no apology will be required by those that are in any degree concerned,- either in imparting to others, or in acquiring for themselves, it knowledge of the ancient and venerable language of Greece,-whilst a tedious prolixity of prefatory observations would be altogether needless and superfluous. Suffice it to say, that our sole and. exclusive object has been utility, and Ollr aim in the translation has been to give as correct and literal a version as the idionmtic constructions of the Greek and English languages can bear. The necessary consequencc of this design was the total exclusion of the beauties and ornaments of lIomer's style; but in sacrificing the elegance, we hope that the simplicity of his poetical diction has heen in some Ineasure preserved,-nay, we would almost venture to affirm that the suhlimity of the Iliad is not entirely lost in the following pages. 'Vi

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