Martial effusions of ancient times; addressed to the Spartan hosts, to excite them to valour and discipline, in their conflicts with the Messenians, and prescribed as permanent recitations, by the republic of Lacedemon, to inspire their youth with warlike sentiments. /
Young, John,approximately 1750-1820.
Tyrtaeus.
London: : Printed for J. Hatchard, (bookseller to Her Majesty), no. 190, oppostite Albany House, Piccadilly.,
1804..
Freely translated by John Young, professor of Greek at Glasgow.
The first edition, later reprinted in Edinburgh in 1807. These patriotically-intended translations are by John Young who spent his entire life in Glasgow: born there, attended the university where he later became Professor of Greek, remaining in the post for more than forty-five years. In his dedication he addresses those Britons arming "to defend, on British ground, the honour, the liberty, the laws, the hearths, and the altar, of the British Empire".
Additional poems in two different contemporary hands written on blank leaves at the end.
Scotland Edinburgh.