Clanless, lawless, homeless is he who is in love with civil war, that brutal ferocious thing. — Homer Brutal Copy Share Image
A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many… — Homer Iliad Copy Share Image
“The narrator commands the Muse, “Tell me”: enn-epe. An epic poem is, at its root, simply a tale that is told.” — Homer Copy Share Image
So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays. — Homer Copy Share Image
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. — Homer Death Copy Share Image
You never know when an old calendar might come in handy! Sure, it's not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow… — Homer Copy Share Image
Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes! — Homer Beauty Copy Share Image
First you don't want me to get the pony, then you want me to take it back. Make up your mind! — Homer Copy Share Image
She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it… — Homer Copy Share Image
“In this way, the Odyssey’s hero embodies one of its central themes, which is that the capacity to defer satisfaction and endure… — Homer Odyssey Copy Share Image
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife,… — Homer Eye to eye Copy Share Image
And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his… — Homer Bird Copy Share Image
Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace… — Homer Apollo Copy Share Image
“L. 547. The terms made use of in this line, and in 481, may appear somewhat coarse, as addressed by one Goddess… — Homer Books Copy Share Image
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken,… — Homer Copy Share Image
The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Lions don't come to terms with men, the wolf don't see eye to eye with the lamb - they are enemies to… — Homer Achilles Copy Share Image
“Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength,… — Homer Day by day Copy Share Image
Two diverse gates there are of bodiless dreams, These of sawn ivory, and those of horn. Such dreams as issue where the… — Homer Copy Share Image
“The lord of distant archery, Apollo, answered: "Lord of earthquake, sound of mind you could not call me if I strove with… — Homer Death Copy Share Image
These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you. As there are no trustworthy oaths between men and lions, nor wolves and… — Homer Epic Copy Share Image
“But when Odysseus rose, that man of many devices, fixing his down-cast eyes on the ground he stood: nor his scepter swayed,… — Homer Art Copy Share Image
“The Greek word epos means simply “word” or “story” or “song.” It is related to a verb meaning “to say” or “to… — Homer Copy Share Image
