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
children eye home
O friends, be men; so act that none may feel Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men. Think each one of this children and his wife, His home, his parents, living yet and dead. For them, the absent ones, I supplicate, And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.
blessing division rich
To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.
mother father thee
Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee.
beauty faces enchanting
Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.
anger men honey
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.
return rich fame
Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.
son childhood ancestry
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
sarcastic men land
Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.
burden idle idleness
I live an idle burden to the ground.
heaven links golden
Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links Both Goddesses and Gods.
greatness ajax host
Ajax the great Himself a host.
queens beer names
When I was seventeen I drank some very good beer I drank some very good beer I purchased With a fake ID My name was Brian McGee I stayed up listening to Queen When I was seventeen
annie-hall complaining drawn-together
I don't know how much longer I can complain.
helping god-help-me enchanted
God help me, I'm just not that bright.