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
god casts glorious
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
men tongue kind
The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.
women race rose
What mighty woes To thy imperial race from woman rose.
long woe
Long exercised in woes.
woe succeed
And woe succeeds woe.
war men two
Take thou thy arms and come with me, For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive To air our cause, although we be but two. Great is the strength of feeble arms combined, And we can combat even with the brave.
sweet sleep eyelids
Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death.
hurt helping shame
Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind.
country fighting patriotism
The single best augury is to fight for one's country.
persuasion companion
A companion's words of persuasion are effective.
men giving grace
So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.
fool folly
By their own follies they perished, the fools.
song war men
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.
grief blessing two
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.