The Birds of Aristophanes (Classic Reprint)

The Birds of Aristophanes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Birds of Aristophanes The Translation of Tfie Birds of Aristophanes which, with Introduction and\ Notes, appears in this volume, is the outgrowth of Lectures delivered by me as Greek Professor in this University. When I first thought of printing it, my chief motive was that, by dedicating it to your father, I might express the value I set on the constant friendship with which he had honoured me from our College days. But it was not ordered that he should see this expression of my feel ing. His illustrious life was brought to a close within the first weeks of 1873 and to me, his elder in age by a few months, it was left to say mournfully, 'i prae sequan' 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.
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