The Iliads of Homer: Homer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981198856)

The Iliads of Homer; Translated from the Greek by George Chapman. Of all books extant in all kinds, Homer is the first and best. No one before his, Josephus affirms; nor before him, saith Velleius Paterculus, was there any whom he imitated, nor after him any that could imitate him. And that Poesy may be no cause of detraction from all the eminence we give him, Spondanus (preferring it to all arts and sciences) unanswerably argues and proves; for to the glory of God, and the singing of his glories, no man dares deny, man was chiefly made. And what art performs this chief end of man with so much excitation and expression as Poesy; Moses, David, Solomon, Job, Esay, Jeremy, etc. chiefly using that to the end abovesaid? And since the excellence of it cannot be obtained by the labour and art of man, as all easily confess it, it must needs be acknowledged a Divine infusion. To prove which in a word, this distich, in my estimation, serves something nearly: Great Poesy, blind Homer, makes all see Thee capable of all arts, none of thee.

Author: George Chapman, Homer
ISBN-10: 1981198857
ISBN-13: 9781981198856
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2017
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.72d