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
eye names fame
But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.
fate woe toil
Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many.
fate men balance
Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below.
deeds lasts firsts
My hour at last has come; Yet not ingloriously or passively I die, but first will do some valiant deed, Of which mankind shall hear in after time.
wise children father
It is a wise child that knows his own father. [Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]
rogues
One rogue leads another.
stars lying never-lie
The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
hateful miserable mortals
All deaths are hateful to miserable mortals, but the most pitiable death of all is to starve.
wander mortals
There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
wish guests speed
It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.
mourning belly mourn
Do not mourn the dead with the belly.
greek too-much blame
Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me.
regret evil done
Thou wilt lament Hereafter, when the evil shall be done And shall admit no cure.
infinite ends reproach
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end.