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
leadership matter common
The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.
brain quality looks
We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.
kings house authority
It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.
guests hospitality offensive
It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.
men slavery half
Whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
sleep singing and-love
There is satiety in all things, in sleep, and love-making, in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance.
delaware
The Simpsons are going to Delaware!
england needs funny-simpsons
Pffft, English. Who needs that? I'm never going to England.
baby letters population
Sensitive love letters are my specialty. 'Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.'
boys
Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!
judgement vehemence youth
Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak.
war men
It is not right to exult over slain men.
men giving talent
Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.
sorrow advantage grim
There is not any advantage to be won from grim lamentation.