Bread Quote by Thomas Seward

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

— Thomas Seward

To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the…

— Dan Castellaneta

Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.

— William Butler Yeats

I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Homer's epic does not tell of such seemingly essential events as the abduction of Helen, for example, nor of the mustering and sailing of…

— Caroline Alexander

Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of…

— Xenophanes

“But Homer's words are as costly and admirable to Homer, as Agamemnon's victories are to Agamemnon”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Homer never wondered whether, after their many hand-to-hand struggles, Achilles or Ajax still had all their teeth.”

— Milan Kundera

“The Homeric Epic does not have to be discovered inside a book; it begins just west of Fort Worth and extends all the way…

— James Lee Burke

I look at Homer and The Odyssey and all the disparate adventures this guy goes through, and then he returns home and the question…

— Oliver Stone

Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue.

— Roger Ebert