THE

ILIAD OF HOMER

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE.

BY

EDWARD EARL OF DERBY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

ENGLISH
OXFORD

LIBRARY

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1864.

Edwin Atherostme. Kindly presentere by "Lood Derby Jan? 1865

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,

AND CHARING CROSS.

ΤΟ

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.

&c. &c. &c.

THIS TRANSLATION OF

THE ILIAD OF HOMER

IS BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S GRACIOUS PERMISSION

WITH PROFOUND RESPECT AND DUTIFUL ATTACHMENT

HUMBLY DEDICATED.