Excerpt from The Idyllia and Other Poems That Are Extant of Bion and Moschus: Translated From the Greek Into English Verse; To Which Are Added a Few Other Translations, With Notes Critical and Explanatory The following Translations were commenced some years ago, in a colony abroad, and con tinned at intervals of leisure, more as an object of recreation than of study, and without any in tention of their ever being made public. Since the Translator' s return, the persuasions of some learned friends have induced him to add what was wanting to complete the series of poems, and to revise the whole, with the advantage of better editions than he could before procure, in the hope of rendering it not unworthy of the public eye. On perusing the versions we already. 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.