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Excerpt from The First Six Books of Homer's Iliad: With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Index and Homeric Glossary The text of the present edition is substantially that of Spitzner, which is now generally regarded as the best. On some occasions, however, where the sense or metre seemed to require it, alterations have been adopted from other and high authorities; but in no instance has this been done without mention being made of it in the notes. 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.