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
beach husband eye
Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went down under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive through a big serf to crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beaches in joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever.
daughter eye men
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them.
sweet sleep eyelids
Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death.
country eye men
I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country.
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.
eye silence speech
Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.
eye names fame
But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.
eye men feet
The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
eye rage-from-the-iliad goddess
Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!
admirable house keeping man marriage people
There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye-to-eye keeping house as man and wife, confounding their enemies, and delighting thier friends.
friend honor honors
My friend should honor him who honors me.
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Most students, by the time they've been here for a year or two, figure out that you get an awful lot from a job, and no matter how affluent your family is, you still need a few things to put on your resume before you graduate,
entire half second talent using
We'll see the second half what we can do, ... We have the talent; it's using it the entire match.
ask business care personal require time
We ask that (employees) take care of your personal business as needed. Should you require more time for your family,