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Chapman (GEORGE an English poet)

GEORGE, an English poet, the earliest, and perhaps the best, translator of Homer, born in 1557.

He was educated at Oxford, and in 1576 proceeded to London; but little is known of his personal history. His translation of the "Iliad" was published in three separate portions in 1598, 1600, and 1603.

In 1614 appeared his translation of the "Odyssey," followed in the same year by that of the "Battle of the Frogs and Mice," and the Homeric hymns. He also translated Hesiod's "Works and Days" and portions of various classic poets.

He wrote numerous plays, almost all now forgotten, though containing some fine passages. He died in 1634.