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The Illiad: Note to the Fifth Edition.

Preface. Note to the Fifth Edition. The favourable reception which has been given to the first Editions of this work, far exceeding my most sanguine hopes, affords a gratifying proof…

Helen of Troy and Paris

In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships by David Johnson Recounted in Homer's Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend,…

Walt Whitman: Old Chants

Old ChantsAn ancient song, reciting, ending, Once gazing toward thee, Mother of All, Musing, seeking themes fitted for thee, Accept me, thou saidst, the elder ballads, And name for me before…

Ram, The

(Encyclopedia) Ram, The, English name for Aries, a constellation.

Rand, the

(Encyclopedia) Rand, the: see Witwatersrand.