CONTENTS: IntroductionThe Traces of Poetry before HomerThe Homeric PoemsHistory of the Homeric Controversy from the Revival of Learning to the Present DayGeneral Remarks upon the Origin and the Character of the Homeric PoemsThe Cyclic Poets and the Batracho-Myo-Machia. ?sop and BabriusThe Didactic Epos. HesiodThe Homeric Hymns and TriflesThe Later History of Epic PoetryThe Rise of Personal Poetry among the GreeksThe Progress of Personal PoetryThe Public Lyric Poetry of the GreeksThe Age of Simonides and PindarAppendix on the Language of the Homeric Poems