Greek Anthology With Notes Critical And Explanatory Translated By B G Macgregor Etc Eng PDF Download

Excerpt from Greek Anthology: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, Translated I have drawn freely from the ordinary sources of information, Fottei, Lempriere, Smith, and others. Wishing to avoid learned preten sions, I have said little about various readings' of great scholars, conjectural emendations of obscure and doubtful passages, laudable studies to restore damaged metre or defective syntax - disquisi tions, generally, beyond and above me. I have, however, In some cases of doubt, followed What seemed to me the probable and natural turn of sentiment of my author in the particular piece, rather than the mere expression handed down, and perhaps I have not herein erred more than if I had filled my pages with the Opinions 'of Greek Scholias'ts. 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.