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
boys
Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!
judgement vehemence youth
Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak.
war men
It is not right to exult over slain men.
men giving talent
Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.
sorrow advantage grim
There is not any advantage to be won from grim lamentation.
country fighting defense
One omen is best, to fight in defense of one's country.
country eye men
I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country.
wise fool events
After the event, even a fool is wise.
fear heart rocks
The skin of the coward changes color all the time, he can't get a grip on himself, he can't sit still, he squats and rocks, shifting his weight from foot to foot, his heart racing, pounding inside the fellow's ribs, his teeth chattering. He dreads some grisly death. But the skin of a brave soldier never blanches. He's all control. Tense but no great fear.
children believe i-believe
I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now.
zoos dinosaurs gone
I've gone back in time to when dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos.
wake-up tomorrow funny-simpsons
Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow
drink funny-simpsons funniest-simpsons
But you can't stop at one, you wanna drink another woman!
i-can
I can't even say the word 'titmouse' without giggling like a schoolgirl.