Excerpt from The Aias of Sophocles: Translated From an Improved Text Into English Verse In publishing this Metrical Version of the Aias of Sophocles I have three objects in view. The first is to shew how easily a Translation can combine fidelity, freedom and force, where the original is correct; but how impossible it is do so, where it is corrupt. The second is to prove how little has been done by preceding Scholars for the restoration of the Dramatist; and how much it has been left for myself to accomplish. The third and last is to afford a striking illustration of the truth of the remark, that without learning, taste and sagacity, we can never know when and why to reject what the author did not write; or to enjoy what he did; or to recover what has been lost by the lapse of time. 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.