Gulistan (Garden of Roses), by Saadi, 13th cent. Persian p.
Henriade, by Voltaire, 1724 (10 chants). French Ep.; rh.
Herbelot (D’), Bibliothèque Orientale, an Oriental Miscellany, 1697. French pr.
Hitôpadêsa, an epitome of the Pancha Tantra, 5th cent. B.C. Hindû.
Homer, Iliad (24 bks.), composed in the prime of his life, about B.C. 962. Greek Ep. Hex. Odyssey (24 bks.), composed in maturer age, about B.C. 927. Greek Ep., Hex. These poems were first reduced to writing by Pisistratos, of Athens, B.C. 531. English versions by Chapman, Il. 1598, Od. 1614; Bryant, Il. 1870, Od. 1871. The following have translated the Iliad only: Hall, 1581; Tickell, bk. i. 1715; Macpherson, 1773; Morrice, 1809; Brandreth, 1846; Barter, 1854; Newman, 1856; Wright, 1859; Selwyn, 1865; Green, 1865; Simcox, 1865; Dart, 1865; Herschel, 1866; Lord Derby, 1867; Merivale, 1869; Cordery, 1870; Newman, 1871. The following have translated the Odyssey alone: Cary, 1823; Hayman, 1866; Musgrave, 1869; Edginton, 1869; Wither, 1869; Merry, 1871.
Jerusalem Delivered, by Tasso, 1575. Italian Ep. English version by Carew, 1594; Fairfax, 1600; Hoole, 1762.
Lokman, Fables, contemporary with David and Solomon. Arabian; d.m.
Lusiads (The), by Camoens, 1572 (in 10 bks.). Portuguese Ep. English versions, “The Lusiad,” by Fanshawe, 1655; Mickle, H.M., rh., 1775; “The Lusiads,” by Aubertin, 1878; R. F. Burton, 1880.
Messiah, by Klopstock, bks. i.-iii., 1748; iv.-xv., 1771. German Ep., Hex. English version in pr. by Collyer, 1763; Raffles, 1815. In v. by Egestorff, 1821.
Metamorphoses, Ovid (in 15 bks.). Latin; about A.D. 6. Hex. English version by Golding, 1565; Sandys, 1626; Dr. Garth, assisted by Dryden, Congreve, Rowe and several others, 1716. H.M., rh.