Evelyn Abbott (/ˈæbət/; 10 March 1843 – 3 September 1901) was an English writer and classical scholar. He is best known for his bookHistory of Greece, which includes a sceptical viewpoint ofHomer'sIliad andOdyssey. He is also very well known as being the editor-in-chief ofHeroes of the Nations book series, which were widely popular in England.

Abbott was born atEpperstone,Nottinghamshire. He was educated atBalliol College,Oxford, where he excelled both academically and in sports, winning theGaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1864, but after a fall in 1866 his legs became paralysed. He managed to graduate in spite of his handicap, and was elected fellow of Balliol in 1874. His best-known work is hisHistory of Greece in three volumes (1888–1900), where he presents a sceptical view of theIliad and theOdyssey. Among his other works areElements of Greek Accidence (1874), and translations of several German books on ancient history, language and philosophy. He was the founding editor of theHeroes of the Nations book series. Abbott died at Knotsford Lodge,Great Malvern, in 1901, and was buried at Redlands Cemetery, nearCardiff.

• The elements of Greek accidence with philological notes. 1874.
• A subject-index to the dialogues of Plato; being an index to the matters and names contained in the dialogues of Plato according to the pages of Stephens' edition. Clarendon Press. 1875. p. 64.
• Hellenica; a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history, and religion.Rivingtons. 1880. pp. 492.
• Easy Greek reader. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886.
• A history of Greece. Rivingtons. 3 June 1890. (3 vols. 1888–1900)
• Pericles and the golden age of Athens.G. P. Putnam's sons. 1891. pp. 379.
• as translator:The history of antiquity. R. Bentley & Son. 3 June 1877. (6 vols. 1877–1882 from the German originalGeschichte des Alterthums in 4 vols., 1852–1857, byMax Duncker)
• as translator with Sarah Frances Alleyne:Outlines of the history of Greek philosophy. Longmans. 1886. pp. 363. (from German originalDie Philosophie der Griechen in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung byEduard Zeller)
• as editor withLewis Campbell:The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A., master of Balliol College, Oxford.E. P. Dutton. 1897. p. 262.

• James Leigh Strachan-Davidson,Abbott, Evelyn (1843–1901), rev. M. C. Curthoys,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford, 2004).
• James Leigh Strachan-Davidson,Abbott, Evelyn, in:Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), Supplement volume 1 of 1912, pp. 3–4 (online).

• Works by or aboutEvelyn Abbott atWikisource
• Works by Evelyn Abbott atProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Evelyn Abbott at theInternet Archive

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