Excerpt from Luciani Vera Historia: Edited With Introduction and Notes for the Use of Middle Forms in Schools The publication of this edition of Lucian's Vera Historia follows rather closely upon that of Cebetis Tabula, edited by me for the Clarendon Press Series a few months ago. Although these two works are widely different in character, my object in publishing them is in both cases the same; viz. to provide the student of Greek, in the earlier stages of his work, with a greater variety of material than he now has at his disposal. The fact that fewer boys now learn Greek than was formerly the case, substitution of 'modern' subjects being very generally allowed, is a reason why ampler provision should be made for those who do; since these may fairly be presumed to have some aptitude for the study and a desire to attain some proficiency in it. To get this result the interest of the pupil must be excited, not indeed at the expense of verbal accuracy or so as to avoid the necessary labour, but alongside of this and by way of an additional incentive to work. 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.