▁had ▁translated , ▁and ▁a ▁Comp end ium ▁historia e ▁fab ul osa e ▁or ▁Hand buch ▁der ▁M yth ologie ▁der ▁Gr ie chen ▁und ▁Rö mer , ▁that ▁applied ▁eu hem er ist ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁in ▁the ▁Christian ▁and ▁En light en ment ▁trad itions ; ▁the ▁work ▁remained ▁standard ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁His ▁ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Ep ist le ▁of ▁James ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁ 1 7 4 7 . ▁His ▁pro se ▁translation ▁of ▁H omer ▁( 1 7 6 9 ▁and ▁ 1 7 7 7 ), ▁compet ing ▁with ▁verse ▁transl ations ▁by ▁Bürger ▁and ▁St ol berg ▁( for ▁the ▁Deutsch es ▁Museum ), ▁raised ▁the ▁w itt y ▁ob itu ary ▁in ▁the ▁Bib i othek ▁der ▁sch ön en ▁Wissenschaft en : ▁" H omer , ▁Greek ▁poet , ▁dead ▁in ▁Berlin !" ▁As ▁a ▁phil ologist , ▁he ▁ur ged ▁that , ▁on ▁rational ▁grounds , ▁the ▁letter ▁h ▁be ▁dropped ▁from ▁German ▁orth ography ▁in ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁appeared ▁in ▁final ▁position ▁in ▁a ▁word , ▁as ▁" an ▁unf ounded ▁practice ▁that ▁appears ▁bar bar ic ▁in ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁foreign ers ▁and ▁thus ▁ins ult ing ▁to ▁our ▁nation ", ▁for ▁which ▁Johann ▁Georg ▁Ham ann , ▁friend ▁of ▁Kant ▁and ▁teacher ▁of ▁Her der , ▁took ▁him ▁to ▁task , ▁def ending ▁the ▁h ▁on ▁human ▁terms , ▁as ▁speaking ▁" with ▁a ▁human ▁voice ";