Homer
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Biography
Homer was an ancient Greek poet who is widely credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Although his life and authorship remain obscure, Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is considered one of the most influential authors in history.
"Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man."
"…There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad."
"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
"[I]t is the wine that leads me on,the wild winethat sets the wisest man to singat the top of his lungs,laugh like a fool – it drives theman to dancing... it eventempts him to blurt out storiesbetter never told."
"Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born."
"Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή."
"Παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης."
"Καὶ γάρ τ' ὄναρ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν."
"Ὅς κε θεοῖς ἐπιπείθηται μάλα τ' ἔκλυον αὐτοῦ."
"Οἰνοβαρές, κυνὸς ὄμματ' ἔχων, κραδίην δ' ἐλάφοιο."
"Τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή."
"Οὐδέ τι οἶδε νοῆσαι ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω."
"Τῷ μὲν κλέος, ἄμμι δὲ πένθος."
"Ἀλλ' οὔ πως ἅμα πάντα θεοὶ δόσαν ἀνθρώποισιν."
"Αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων."
"Ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει."
"Νίκη δ᾽ ἐπαμείβεται ἄνδρας."
"Καί ποτέ τις εἴποι πατρός γ' ὅδε πολλὸν ἀμείνων."
"Αἴδεσθεν μὲν ἀνήνασθαι, δεῖσαν δ' ὑποδέχθαι."
"Κάτθαν' ὁμῶς ὅ τ' ἀεργὸς ἀνὴρ ὅ τε πολλὰ ἐοργώς."
"Μύθων τε ῥητῆρ' ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων."
"Εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης."
"Ἔνθ' Ὕπνῳ ξύμβλητο κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο."
"Ὕπνε ἄναξ πάντων τε θεῶν πάντων τ' ἀνθρώπων."
"Ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίγνωτος Διὸς ἀνδράσι γίγνεται ἀλκή."