THE LIKE ANT) WORK OK HOMER. 



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Vertical groups written horizontal 



1 AMI MIOIIOAPA \ H NHH2TQ 



2 apa r \ \ \ \m votqiii0INA 



:', A.M\()i>\AAMI^ AXTOIONMO 



4 OIHEAAOrNOQ2APOIAY0E 



5 EXT I EN0EN2HET2O K AT A X V 

 G XEITPQIIOXTAPETTAPOEO 



7 1 1 EPOnQNTETOYEPBOTOEA 



8 MOIHNIQIYX2EHIY2I20Y 



9 \ 22IAEnAHNPP21YIIINrA 



10 AIIEPNA0EKA Y2NAEPA <£TE 



11 OAON2TNAINATTAIOEIPA 



12 \ TIITEAArO2OI20NOAEIO 



13 P00AKAEAT0EMAA2HT02E 



14 IIOIEIXOXXEEXIHEANOin 



15 N00P00KATA02I2I02TEK 



16 SMOXXETAIPniNIMAI 



17 AAEnreYOAOXHM 



18 AFIEPMONHM 



19 OA 



20 AA2EN00NQNEPT0I0APIN 



The text employed is the vulgat 

 ago by Ernesti, without alteration of 



r and rearranged. 



2> Nil [1ATHP AnOAAON Q ANA 

 nOAA IAA0 IAAQX AYXT ArP 

 ONA AXON TOMOX 19 A M M E A> 

 2 AE1P ArQX AH0E OY OAOIO 

 KAT0ENT ENNEIIE2 2d>ArHN 

 O0EX nOT QPT EPIN T APEA T 

 OnOY EO BOPEQ TPE^ANT EI I 

 OIMQI 2YN 0Y2IHI2 EYX HI 

 2 T1YPAI2 TH2 I1AIA EPI\> N 

 ENEKA 0EPAMEY2ANT A(DAP 

 T1XONTI 20X AAEPT1AAAO 

 T A0AIOY TEA02 IIOEIN T02 

 022 EAETO TA A KAEA OMHPO 

 N IAION nOEIN ON EFIHINEE 

 KPIT02 0002 T0K02 AINEA 

 O nPIX MEN AN TIMAI2I 

 OYMON Hr En A A AO 

 PHM EMON An 

 OA 



AON EPN02 AINEAO TPQIQN 



, as printed by Allen, and a century 

 my kind. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman, in announcing that the Meeting was open for 

 discussion, said that there were several points which, he would 

 suggest, called for debate. For instance, as to whether Josephus 

 deserved quite so severe a comment as that applied to him on the 

 first page of the paper. Then the date of Homer and the Author's 

 theory of Greek mythology seemed open to discussion. It was 

 most interesting to note how early the literary artifices of acrostics, 

 riddles, and anagrams, came into use. The learned Professor had 

 reminded them that, if an author in those times had put his name 

 openly to his work some envious rival might have cut that portion 

 out, and then have claimed the verses. There was, therefore, no 

 doubt, some practical value in the use of the anagram. He thought 



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