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
blessed men earth
Whoever among men who walk the Earth has seen these Mysteries is blessed, but whoever in uninitiated and has not received his share of the rite, he will not have the same lot as the others, once he is dead and dwells in the mould where the sun goes down.
strong men two
Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.
drinking grief wine
She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills
dream
Dreams are sent by God.
discovery done deeds
By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made
soul sorrow sad-soul
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
friendship race soul
But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.
lying garden blue
Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From the Storms defended and inclement Skies; Four Acres was the allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a green Enclosure all around. Tall thriving Trees confessed the fruitful Mold: The reddening Apple ripens here to Gold, Here the blue Fig with luscious Juice overflows, With deeper Red the full Pomegranate glows, The Branch here bends beneath the weighty Pear, And verdant Olives flourish round the Year.
achilles absence absent-mindedness
Achilles absent was Achilles still!
spring wind tree
The generation of mankind is like the generation of leaves. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the living tree burgeons with leaves again in the spring.
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.
fun thinking law
We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?
winning vegetarianism salad
You don't win friends with salad.
stupid boys
Boy, everyone is stupid except me.