euripidi

Updated: May 8, 2025

So Pope's Homer is not Homer, the thing in itself, the unrelated, absolute Homer, but Pope additus Homero; and it is not Euripides pure and simple which is the true account of certain beautiful modern versions of Euripides, but Euripidi additus Murray. It may be objected that these are all instances from poetry, where the truth aimed at is rather general than particular.

John Cann Bailey - Dr. Johnson and His Circle