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'''Evelyn Abbott''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|b|ə|t}}; 10 March 1843 – 3 September 1901) was an [[England|English]] classical scholar, born at [[Epperstone]], [[Nottinghamshire]]. He was educated at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]], where he excelled both academically and in sports, winning the [[Gaisford Prize]] for Greek Verse in 1864, but after a fall in 1866 his legs became paralysed. He managed to graduate in spite of his handicap, and was elected fellow of Balliol in 1874. His best-known work is his ''History of Greece'' in three volumes (1888–1900), where he presents a sceptical view of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. Among his other works are ''Elements of Greek Accidence'' (1874), and translations of several German books on ancient history, language and philosophy. He was the founding editor of the [[Heroes of the Nations series|Heroes of the Nations]] book series. Abbott died at Knotsford Lodge, [[Great Malvern]], in 1901, and was buried at Redlands Cemetery, near [[Cardiff]].<br />
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==Selected publications==<br />
*{{cite book|title=The elements of Greek accidence with philological notes|year=1874}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=A subject-index to the dialogues of Plato; being an index to the matters and names contained in the dialogues of Plato according to the pages of Stephens' edition|publisher=Clarendon Press|pages=64|year=1875}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=Hellenica; a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history, and religion|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924022691178|publisher=[[Rivington (publishers)|Rivingtons]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022691178/page/n507 492]|year=1880}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=A history of Greece|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279356|publisher=Rivingtons}} (3 vols. 1888–1900)<br />
*{{cite book|title=Pericles and the golden age of Athens|url=https://archive.org/details/periclesandgold00abbogoog|publisher=[[G. P. Putnam's sons]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/periclesandgold00abbogoog/page/n385 379]|year=1891}}<br />
*as translator: {{cite book|title=The history of antiquity|url=https://archive.org/details/historyantiquit06duncgoog|publisher=R. Bentley & Son}} (6 vols. 1877–1882 from the German original ''Geschichte des Alterthums'' in 4 vols., 1852–1857, by [[Max Duncker]])<br />
*as translator with Sarah Frances Alleyne: {{cite book|title=Outlines of the history of Greek philosophy|url=https://archive.org/details/outlinesofthehis00zelluoft|publisher=Longmans|pages=[https://archive.org/details/outlinesofthehis00zelluoft/page/363 363]|year=1886}} (from German original ''Die Philosophie der Griechen in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung'' by [[Eduard Zeller]])<br />
*as editor with [[Lewis Campbell (classicist)|Lewis Campbell]]: {{cite book|title=The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A., master of Balliol College, Oxford|publisher=[[E. P. Dutton]]|pages=262|year=1897}}<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[James Leigh Strachan-Davidson]], ''Abbott, Evelyn (1843–1901)'', rev. M. C. Curthoys, ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', (Oxford, 2004).<br />
*James Leigh Strachan-Davidson, ''Abbott, Evelyn'', in: ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (DNB), Supplement volume 1 of 1912, pp.&nbsp;3–4 ([[s:Abbott, Evelyn (DNB12)|online]]).<br />
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