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
men evil deeds
Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.
ignorance salt heard
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
inspiration nine delight
By turns the nine delight to sing
philosophical flow
Everything flows and nothing stays.
revenge honey revenge-is-sweet
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
strong art revenge
Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.
humble use modesty
Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
women evil mind
There is no fouler fiend than a woman when her mind is bent to evil.
atheist men blame
See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.
war tired adversity
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
spring winter blow
Generations of men are like the leaves. In winter, winds blow them down to earth, but then, when spring season comes again, the budding wood grows more. And so with men: one generation grows, another dies away.
leadership kings army
Too many kings can ruin an army
heart having-patience
Have patience, heart.
hurt past doe
Still, we will let all this be a thing of the past, though it hurts us, and beat down by constraint the anger that rises inside us. Now I am making an end of my anger. It does not become me, unrelentingly to rage on