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
wander mortals
There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
wish guests speed
It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.
mourning belly mourn
Do not mourn the dead with the belly.
greek too-much blame
Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me.
regret evil done
Thou wilt lament Hereafter, when the evil shall be done And shall admit no cure.
infinite ends reproach
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end.
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.