SELECT TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GREEK MINOR POETS, WITH NOTES, &c. ΤΟ WHICH ARE ADDED A FEW SPECIMENS FROM THE ANTHOLOGIA GRÆCA. BY R. SWAINSON FISHER. London: PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND CO. MDCCCXXXVIII. TO THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, &c. &c. &c. This Work is (by permission) dedicated as a mark of respect and esteem by his Most Obliged and Humble Servant, the AUTHOR. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following select translations from the Greek minor poets were written at different periods, in the interval between fifteen and twenty years of age, and are now published for the benefit of an Officer, late of the 17th Lancers; who, by a series of inevitable and deplorable misfortunes, is reduced to a very destitute condition; and if the production should gain the support of a generous public, and assist in relieving the distress of this meritorious, but unfortunate, Gentleman, the end of the Author will be fully accomplished. |