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
fate men
And not a man appears to tell their fate.
friendship hate passion
A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows; One should our interests and our passions be, My friend must hate the man that injures me.
soul lasts mead
And rest at last where souls unbodied dwell, In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel.
kings lord states
Ill fares the State where many masters rule; let one be lord, one king supreme.
pain men long
For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.
satisfaction tongue windy
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
trust casts spears
Will cast the spear and leave the rest to Jove.
eye men feet
The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
brother sleep twins
Sleep and Death, who are twin brothers.
spirit courtesy gentle
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
back-again
Once you go Vatican, you never go back again.
kings war royalty
The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.
mind bent nobility
Noblest minds are easiest bent.
war nice wind
Zeus it seems has given us from youth to old age a nice ball of wool to wind-nothing but wars upon wars until we shall perish every one.