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
sports strong heart
O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes
hair secret may
And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs
moochers huts
Thou shalt not take moochers into thy hut?
son dark olympus
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.
kindness justice heaven
And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.
one-day tvs ends
Without TV, it's hard to know when one day ends and another begins.
giving ears
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
cups bitter drains
The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.
children eye home
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.
blessing division rich
To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.
mother father thee
Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee.
beauty faces enchanting
Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.
anger men honey
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.
return rich fame
Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.