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Excerpt from A Century of Greek Epigrams: Done Into English Verse The Greek epigram as it appears in Mr. Mackail's pages, and in a lesser degree in what follows, throws a ood of light upon Greek life and thought, through many centuries. In its intimacy and directness it is like the snap-shots of our amateur photographers it leads one into sympathy with the early archwologist wandering near the sites of dead cities, with the sailors tossing on the rough nean, and honouring the tombs of their lost comrades with the cares and the sorrows of the old fisher - folk, with the simple joy of the Greek in the groves, the mountain meadows and the fountain; with the fun which they could make of their gods, and with their ques tions on the deeper issues of life. Much is lost in every translation, even when it proceeds from skilled and accomplished hands, and much more when it proceeds from unskilled ones. Yet so vital is Beauty that I entertain the hope that something of the directness, the simplicity and the grace of these Greek epigrams may be apparent under their clothing in a foreign garb. E. F. 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.