“Well, back in Troy, Odysseus and I always agreed in councils, with one mind. We gave the Argives all the best advice.” — Homer Troy Copy Share Image
Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. — Homer Copy Share Image
Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man. — Homer Copy Share Image
The best thing in the world [is] a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree. — Homer Copy Share Image
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace. — Homer Ancestry 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… — Homer Copy Share Image
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. — Homer Brave Copy Share Image
The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king. — Homer Copy Share Image
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,- Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the… — Homer Copy Share Image
“What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when… — Homer Copy Share Image
Shoulder-to-shoulder, swing to the work, we must - just two as we are - if we hope to make some headway. The… — Homer Copy Share Image
“As in dark forests, measureless along the crests of hills, a conflagration soars, and the bright bed of fire glows for miles,… — Homer Fiery Copy Share Image
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end So voluble a weapon is the tongue; Wounded, we wound; and neither side can fail… — Homer Copy Share Image
No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or… — Homer Copy Share Image
It's disgraceful how these humans blame the gods. They say their tribulations come from us, when they themselves, through their own foolishness,… — Homer Copy Share Image
Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives,… — Homer Death 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
“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
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
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