ndations of Greek verse, no
praise can be too warm or high for the power, the freshness, the
indefatigable strength and inextinguishable fire which animate this
exalted work, and secure for all time that shall take cognizance of
English poetry an honoured place in its highest annals for the memory of
Chapman. (A. C. S.)

Chapman's works include:--[Greek: Skia nyktos]: _The Shadow of Night:
Containing two Poeticall Hymnes_ ... (1594), the second of which deals
with Sir Francis Vere's campaign in the Netherlands; _Ovid's Banquet
of Sence. A Coronet for his Mistresse Philosophie; and His Amorous
Zodiacke with a translation of a Latine coppie, written by a Fryer,
Anno Dom. 1400_ (1595, 2nd ed. 1639), a collection of poems frequently
quoted from in _England's Parnassus_ (1600); "De Guiana, carmen
epicum," a poem prefixed to Lawrence Keymis's _A Relation of the
second voyage to Guiana_ (1596); _Hero and Leander. Begun by
Christopher Marloe; and finished by George Chapman_ (1598); _The
Blinde begger of Alexandria, most pleasantly discoursing his variable
humours_ ... (acted 1596, printed 1598), a popular comedy; _A Pleasant
Comedy entituled An Humerous dayes Myrth_ (identified by Mr Fleay with
the "Comodey of Umero" noted by Henslowe on the 11th of May 1597;
printed 1599); _Al Fooles, A Comedy_ (paid for by Henslowe on the 2nd
of July 1599, its original name being "The World runs on wheels";
printed 1605); _The Gentleman Usher_ (c. 1601, pr. 1606), a comedy;
_Monsieur d'Olive_ (1604, pr. 1606), one of his most amusing and
successful comedies; _Eastward Hoe_ (1605), written in conjunction
with Ben Jonson and John Marston, an excellent comedy of city life;
_Bussy d'Ambois,[1] A Tragedie_ (1604, pr. 1607, 1608, 1616, 1641,
&c.), the scene of which is laid in the court of Henry III.; _The
Revenge of Bussy d'Ambois. A Tragedie_ (pr. 1613, but probably written
much earlier); _The Conspiracie, And Tragedie of Charles Duke of
Byron. Marshall of France, ... in two plays_ (1607 and 1608; pr. 1608
and 1625); _May-Day, A witty Comedie_ (pr. 1611; but probably acted as
early as 1601); _The widdowes Teares. A Comedie_ (pr. 1612; produced
perhaps as early as 1605); _Caesar and Pompey: A Roman Tragedy,
declaring their warres. Out of whose events is evicted this
Proposition. Only a just man is a freeman_ (pr. 1631), written, says
Chapman in the dedication, "long since," but neve