INTRODUCTIONS TO THE STUDY

OF THE

GREEK CLASSIC POETS.

DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE

USE OF YOUNG PERSONS AT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

BY

HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE.

CONTAINING,

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
II. HOMER.

Αγαθῆς δεῖ τῷ νέῳ κυβερνήσεως περὶ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν, ἵνα μὴ προδιαβληθεὶς,
ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον προπαιδευθεὶς, 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.

Third Edition.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1846.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by THOMAS ALLAN & CO.

High Street.

3092
C 678i
1846

то

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.

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