Excerpt from An English Translation of the First Eight Books of the Iliad of Homer The following English Translation of the First Eight Books of the Iliad of Homer was written during some leisure hours of the past year. I have endeavoured to make it as literal and faithful as I could; with the View of exhibiting, in the best way, the spirit and style of the but Whether I have succeeded in the attempt must be decided by those alone Who are competent judges. I may here state, that I have neither read, nor seen any other English translation ln my and it is hoped, therefore, that this circum stance Will ensure the kind and considerate indulgence of my more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.