Chap. XIII. ] ' Classic Literature, 239 



Epictetiis, by Carter * ; Plutarch, by Langhome ; 

 Longums, by Smith; Poli/biiis, hy lhim\)\.o\\', Iso- 

 crates, by Gillies; [saius, by Jones; Ilcsiod, by 

 Cooke ; Theocritus, by Polw hele ; Piiidur, hy 

 West; Theocritus, Bio?/, nnd Aloschus, by Fawkes ; 

 JEschylus, by Potter; Sophocles, by Potter and 

 Franklin; Euripides, l)y Potter and Woodhuli ; 

 Anacreon, by Moore ; and Callimachus, by Tytler. 

 The translations of Roman classies, during the 

 same period, were still more numerous. Of a 

 very long list the following may be considered as 

 a speeimen. The E/ieid of Virgil was presented in 

 an English dress by Pitt and Beresford, and the 

 Ec/oguesvindGeorgics of the same illustrious Roman, 

 by Martin and Wharton ; the works of Horace, by 

 Smart, Creech, Francis, and Boseawen ; Juvenal, 

 by Madan ; Persius, by Brewster, I\Iadan, and 

 Drummond ; Livi/, by liaye and Baker; Tacitus, 

 by Gordon and jMurphy ; Lucan, by Row^ |; the 

 Metamorphoses of Ovid, by Garth, Davidson, and 

 Clarke; the Orations of Cicero, by Guthrie; and 

 selections from the sauK , by Duncan ; Sallust, 

 by Gordon; the Commentaries o/^ Ca'sar, by Bla- 

 den; the Epistles of Plini/, by Orrery and Mel- 

 moth ; tlie Epistles of Cicero, by Melmoth ; the 

 Epistles of Senmi, by >ioirell ; 7erence, by Cooke 

 and Colman ; lihullus, by Grainger; Aulas Gel- 



* Mrs. Elizabeth Carter is another instance of great classical 

 erudition and taste in a female of tbe eightccntli century. 



t '' The version of Lucan," says Dr. Johnson, " is one of t\\& 

 greatest producticiiis of English poetry ; for there is perhaps none 

 that so completely exhibits the genius and spirit of the original. 

 It deserves more notice than it obtains 3 and as it is more rc^d 

 will be more esteemed." 



