[Transcriber’s Note: This e-text includes characters that will only display in UTF-8 (Unicode) text readers, including a number of passages in Greek: Ζευς δε Πατηρ ιδηθεν ευτροχον ἁρμα και ἱππους Ολυμπονδ’ εδιωκε, θεων δ’ εξεκετο θωκους. If any of these characters do not display properly, or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, make sure your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. Typographical errors are listed at the end of the text, along with alternative readings for some of the longer quotations.] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Augustan Reprint Society JOHN OGILVIE An ESSAY on the LYRIC POETRY of the ANCIENTS (1762) _Introduction by_ WALLACE JACKSON Publication Number 139 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California, Los Angeles 1970 GENERAL EDITORS William E. Conway, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ George Robert Guffey, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Maximillian E. Novak, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ASSOCIATE EDITOR David S. Rodes, _University of California, Los Angeles_ ADVISORY EDITORS Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_ James L. Clifford, _Columbia University_ Ralph Cohen, _University of Virginia_ Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Arthur Friedman, _University of Chicago_ Louis A. Landa, _Princeton University_ Earl Miner, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Samuel H. Monk, _University of Minnesota_ Everett T. Moore, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Lawrence Clark Powell, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ James Sutherland, _University College, London_ H. T. Swedenberg, Jr., _University of California, Los Angeles_ Robert Vosper, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Edna C. Davis, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Roberta Medford, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_ INTRODUCTION John Ogilvie (1733-1813), Presbyterian divine and author, was one of a group of Scottish literary clergy and a fellow of the Edinburgh Royal Society. Chambers and Thomson print the following generous estimation of his work: