Epic poem · 1737

Leonidas

A Poem

by Richard Glover

Glover's blank-verse epic of Leonidas and the three hundred at Thermopylae, in nine books, a patriotic favourite of its day.

Contents · 8 parts

• Book Iabout 600 lines
• Book IIabout 470 lines
• Book IIIabout 690 lines
• Book IVabout 580 lines
• Book Vabout 780 lines
• Book VIabout 460 lines
• Book VIIabout 450 lines
• Book VIIIabout 420 lines

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