THE EPIC OF HADES
Reading edition
IN THREE BOOKS
BY
LEWIS MORRIS
M.A.; HONORARY FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD KNIGHT OF THE REDEEMER OF GREECE, ETC., ETC.
"DIFFICILE EST PROPRIE COMMUNIA DICERE"
NINETEENTH EDITION.
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1885
"The three excellences of Poetry: simplicity of language, simplicity of subject, and simplicity of invention"—The Welsh Triads.
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TO ALL WHO LOVE THE LITERATURE OF GREECE THIS POEM IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.