Excerpt from Eight Books of Homer's Odyssey: With Introduction, Commentary, and Vocabulary, for the Use of Schools The Text of this edition is substantially that of Dindori Hentze, as used in the College Series of Greek Authors, issued by the same publishers. The Introduction is by Professor Seymour, with a free use of the introduction to his edition for schools of the First Six Books of the Riad, and of his Introduction to Homeric Language and Verse. The Commentary is freely adapted by Professor Perrin, for the use of schools, from his commentary in the College Series, which is based upon the German work of ameis-hentze. 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.