Homer
Homer
Homeris best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
admit design drawing mistakes says
When your design stinks, Engineering 101 says admit your mistakes and go back to the drawing board,
friend honor honors
My friend should honor him who honors me.
abide academic dining federal felt guidelines hall jobs positions served worthwhile
We really abide by the federal guidelines that students' work-study jobs should be meaningful, worthwhile positions for them from an academic perspective, ... We've never really felt that dining hall jobs have served them in an academic way.
wine mind body
Far from me be the gift of Bacchus--pernicious, inflaming wine, that weakens both body and mind.
inspirational teenager fool-me-once
Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
literature compare sane
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.
fathers-day dad son
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
prayer heart men
Goddess-nurse of the young, give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman may reject the love-embraces of youth and dote on grey-haired old men whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.
friendship family sympathy
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
lying dark sea
The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
inspirational funny friendship
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
destiny men brave
No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.
son rage-from-the-iliad achilles
Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
communication wind literature
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.