HOMER AND THE ILIAD

HOMER AND THE ILIAD

BY

JOHN STUART BLACKIE, F.R.S.E.

PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

ΤΟ

FREDERICK GOTTLIEB WELCKER,

PROFESSOR OF GREEK LITERATURE, BONN;

GEORGE FINLAY, LL.D.

HISTORIAN AND ARCHEOLOGIST, ATHENS ;

AND

WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A.

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR, CAMBRIDGE,

THESE VOLUMES OF HOMERIC STUDY

ARE DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.