ABSTRACT
It is to be hoped that in a second edition we shall see a less pedantic spelling. ‘Olumpian’—the u pronounced as in ‘lump,’ or even as in not look pleasant to the eye. Besides, є є єєoє became Tityrus’, and it is perfectly probable that ‘Olympian’ (without the u) more correctly represents Hellenic pronunciation. Such spellings are out of place, except in critical editions, as of the Twelve Tables or of the Salian hymns. We need not call Heracles Herculeswhich (as Mommsen has taught schoolboys) he never was, having but little to do with but, on the other hand, we need not give him a k for which he never craved.
