The translation of Homers Works into English verse being undertaken by John Ogilby translator of Virgil and paraphrasor on Æsop which work will be of greater charge then [sic] can be expected to be born by him; it being found by computation to amount to neer [sic] 5000 l. He herefore being desirous to spend his time and pains to bring that great and ancient poem into our English version; doth humbly propose to all honorable personages, encouragers of art and learning, an expedient for the publishing of the said work, as followeth.
| dc.contributor | Text Creation Partnership, |
| dc.contributor.author | Homer. |
| dc.contributor.author | Homer. Odyssey. English. Prospectus. |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogilby, John, 1600-1676. |
| dc.coverage.placeName | London |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-09T18:28:55Z |
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| dc.date.created | 1660 |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-03 |
| dc.identifier | ota:A53243 |
| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A53243 |
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| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Homer. -- Iliad -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Homer. -- Odyssey -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | The translation of Homers Works into English verse being undertaken by John Ogilby translator of Virgil and paraphrasor on Æsop which work will be of greater charge then [sic] can be expected to be born by him; it being found by computation to amount to neer [sic] 5000 l. He herefore being desirous to spend his time and pains to bring that great and ancient poem into our English version; doth humbly propose to all honorable personages, encouragers of art and learning, an expedient for the publishing of the said work, as followeth. |
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| identifier.stc | Wing O183 |
| identifier.stc | ESTC R216551 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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