He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. — Homer Copy Share Image
And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles'… — Homer Copy Share Image
“so evenly was strained their war and battle, till the moment when Zeus gave the greater renown to Hector, son of Priam,… — Homer Copy Share Image
“My friend Patroclus, whom I loved, is dead. I loved him more than any other comrade. I loved him like my head,… — Homer Copy Share Image
The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death. — Homer Copy Share Image
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back… — Homer Copy Share Image
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning… — Homer Copy Share Image
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither… — Homer Copy Share Image
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held… — Homer Copy Share Image
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. — Homer Copy Share Image
It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. — Homer Copy Share Image
Miserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly… — 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 Copy Share Image
A man's life breath cannot come back again-- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a… — Homer 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 Copy Share Image
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. — Homer Copy Share Image
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years… — Homer Copy Share Image
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer Copy Share Image
“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves… — Homer Copy Share Image
Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take… — Homer Copy Share Image
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. — Homer Copy Share Image
