Henry Graham Dakyns, often H. G. Dakyns (1838–1911), was a British translator of

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, best known for his translations of

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: the ''

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'' and ''

Hellenica ''Hellenica'' () simply means writings on Greek (Hellenic) subjects. Several histories of the 4th-century BC Greece have borne the conventional Latin title ''Hellenica'', of which very few survive.Murray, Oswyn, "Greek Historians", in John Boardma ...

'', ''

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'', '' Hiero'' and ''

On Horsemanship ''On Horsemanship'' is the English title usually given to ', ''peri hippikēs'', one of the two treatises on horsemanship by the Athenian historian and soldier Xenophon (c. 430–354 BC). Other common titles for this work are ''De equis alendis' ...

''.

Life

Henry Graham Dakyns was born on Saint Vincent in the

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, the second son of Thomas Henry Dakyns of

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. His mother Harriet Dasent was the sister of George Webbe Dasent, translator of the Icelandic sagas. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated BA in 1860. Dakyns was a tutor for Lord Alfred Tennyson's children, and subsequently House Master and Assistant Master at

Clifton College Clifton College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in the city of Bristol in South West England, founded in 1862 and offering both boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18. In its early years, unlike mo ...

from 1862 to 1889. Though he never played himself, he started the

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Club at

. Graham had numerous correspondences with Tennyson and his wife,

Henry Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick (; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English Utilitarianism, utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise ''The Methods of Ethics''. His work in economics has also had a ...

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and T.E. Brown and other nineteenth century literary figures.

Translations

* Agesilaus, Project Gutenberg *

Anabasis Anabasis (from Greek ''ana'' = "upward", ''bainein'' = "to step or march") is an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to: History * '' Anabasis Alexandri'' (''Anabasis of Alexander''), ...

, Project Gutenberg * The Cavalry General *

, Gutenberg Pres

*

, Gutenberg Press * Hiero by

, Gutenberg Press * Memorabilia (Xenophon), The Memorabilia, Project Gutenberg *

by Xenophon, Gutenberg Press * On Revenues, Project Gutenberg * The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians, Project Gutenberg * The Sportsman, Project Gutenberg *

The Symposium The ''Symposium'' (, ''Symposion'') is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, dated . It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable Athenian men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the gen ...

, Project Gutenberg

Works on Dakyns

*''Letters to a Tutor: The Tennyson Family Letters to Henry Graham Dakyns'' by Robert Peters. Scarecrow Press, 1989

References

External links

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Letters between T.E. Brown & Grahams
* Henry Graham Dakyns Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People from the British West Indies 1911 deaths 1838 births Greek–English translators People educated at Rugby School 19th-century British translators {{UK-translator-stub