Excerpt from Masterpieces of Greek Literature: Homer; Tyrtaeus; Archilochus; Callistratus; Alcaeus; Sappho; Anacreon; Pindar; Aeschylus; Sophocles; Euripides; Aristophanes; Herodotus; Thucydides; Xenophon; Plato; Theocritus; Lucian The idea Oi collecting and publishing represent ative selections of Greek literature is not a new one with us Of the twentieth century. Especially in the later periods of the life Of the Greeks and Romans such selections were made in the Florilegia that have come down to us, and in other earlier and later collec tions and compilations that are now lost. These were made primarily for the use Of students, but the needs and tastes of other readers were also consulted. 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.