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
fathers-day dad son
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
son rage-from-the-iliad achilles
Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
dad father son
Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.
kids beer son
Now son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.
grief son blood
And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself-more birds than women flocking round his body!
dog moving son
Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end. Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed, Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles.
death song men
That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come.
song men dancer
One man is a splendid fighter -- a god has made him so -- one's a dancer, another skilled at lyre and song, and deep in the next man's chest farseeing Zeus plants the gift of judgment, good clear sense. And many reap the benefits of that treasure.
father fall son
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
music song men
Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
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.
song novelty audience
It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.
son dark olympus
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.
son childhood ancestry
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.