THE ILIAD OF HOMER

Literally Translated, With Explanatory NotesAn epithet derived from cpivooc, the Phrygian name for a mouse. Either because Apollo had put an end to a plague of mice among that people, or because a mouse was thought emblematical of augury. - Gmts, Hist. Of Greece, vol. I. P. 68, observes that this worship of Sminthian Apollo, in various parts of the Tread and its neighbouring territory, dates before the cal-list period of Eolic colonization. On the Homeric description of Apollo, see Miiller, Dorians, vol. I. P. 315.Not crowned, as Heyne says, for this was a later custom - See Anthon and Arnold.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.