Charles Bagot Cayley (1823 - 1883) was a linguist best known for translating Dante into the metre of the original, with annotations, besides metrical versions of the "Iliad," the "Prometheus" of Æschylus, the "Canzoniere" of Petrarch. The translations from the Greek are a laboured attempt to mirror the versification rules of the originals. His version of the "Divine Comedy" is much more successful, preserving the Dante's terza rima rhyme scheme while using a relatively simple English which reflects Dante's own use of ordinary Italian. Charles Bagot Cayley also published a collection of his own poems, "Psyche's Interludes". 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Dante redirects here. ... The Iliad (Greek Ιλιάς, Ilias) tells part of the story of the siege of the city of Ilium, i. ... In Greek mythology, Prometheus, or Prometheas (Ancient Greek, Προμηθεύς, forethought) is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. ...

In his youth he obtained a post in the Patent Office, but gave this up when he embarked on an early venture into billboard advertising at railway stations. The venture was ahead of its time and he lost most of his money. The rest of his life he spent in relative poverty. The accounts of William Michael Rossetti (bother of Christina) portray him as a shy and unworldly intellectual with a cerebral sense of humour. He was a leading figure in the London Philological Society. He is said to have been asked by the SPCK to translate the new testament into Iqoquois; not knowing Iroquois, he allegedly learnt sufficient of the language in month to be able to complete the task. He was born in St Petersburg, the son of a Russia merchant. He fell in love with the poet Christina Rossetti but she felt unable to marry him because he was an agnostic (she was a high chruch Anglican). They remained close friends until his death, and several of her poems were written with him in mind. His brother was the mathematician Arthur Cayley. Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was an English poet and the sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. ... Arthur Cayley (August 16, 1821 - January 26, 1895) was a British mathematician. ...

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