A Muse singing to tell a wanderer’s tale invites us to think about fate and memory. Homer notes that few sons match their fathers, and that the Lord gives and takes as he pleases. He also jokes that everyone seems stupid except him.
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Homer is an author, best known for Rocket boys.
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Rocket boys
About Homer
His life and the exact authorship of the poems are unclear, but he was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is regarded as one of history’s most influential authors.
![“[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.” quote by Homer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/744/homer-357_age_but-age-the-common-enemy-of-mankind-has_772483.png)
![“I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês[1] seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide. Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden…” quote by Homer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/757/homer-357_children_i-begin-to-sing-of-demeter-the-holy-godd_430514.jpg)