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THE STUDY

OF THE

GREEK CLASSIC POETS.

DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY

FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PERSONS AT
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

BY

HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE, Esq. M.A.

PART I.

CONTAININGI. GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
II. HOMER.

Αγαθῆς δεῖ τῷ νέῳ κυβερνήσεως περὶ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν, ἵνα μὴ προδιαβληθεὶς,
ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον προπαιδευθείς, εὐμενὴς καὶ φίλος καὶ οἰκειος ὑπὸ Ποιητικῆς ἐπὶ
Φιλοσοφίαν προπέμπηται. - PLUTARCH. ΠΩΣ ΔΕΙ ΤΟΝ ΝΕΟΝ, κ. τ. λ.

A young man hath great need of sound direction in the matter of his
reading, that it be not to him an early cause of stumbling; but rather, that
by virtue of a previous discipline, he may with all cheerfulness, and
fondness, and familiarity, be conducted by Poetry to the very threshold of
Philosophy.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

ΤΟ

THE REV. JOHN KEATE, D.D.

CANON OF WINDSOR

AND

HEAD MASTER OF ETON,

IN TESTIMONY OF RESPECT FOR

THE GREAT TALENTS AND ACCOMPLISHED SCHOLARSHIP

WHICH

FOR TWENTY YEARS

HAVE GOVERNED AND ANIMATED THAT SCHOOL

IN WHICH

THE AUTHOR RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION,

THIS WORK

IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

* Dedication to the First Edition.