Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"Are we to stir up evil war again, with all the sound and fury of battle, or shall we make peace between the two sides?"

• From The Iliad (Book 4, approx. line 10) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"Day after day, one after the other, men fall in their hundreds - would we ever find rest from struggle and suffering? No: we must steel our hearts, bury our dead and let one day's tears suffice."

• From The Iliad (Book 19, approx. line 220) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014). 

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"The glorious gifts which the gods themselves choose to lavish on a man are not to be despised; no man ever acquires them by his own efforts."

• From The Iliad (Book 3, approx. line 60) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"There's no tenderness in war!"

• From The Iliad (Book 15, approx. line 740) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"The gods listen to the man who goes along with them."

• From The Iliad (Book 1, approx. line 220) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished 700 BCE)

"I have known men who saved their country, even though their own people were inferior, by relying on their own brute force, their bravery and their numbers."

• From The Iliad (Book 17, approx. line 330) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished 700 BCE)

"There's nothing like an ambush for
bringing a man's worth to light and picking out the wretches
from the brave."

• From The Iliad (Book 13) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"Delusion, eldest daughter of Zeus who
blinds us all, damn her. She never touches the ground with those
soft feet of hers but flits over men's heads, corrupting them and
shackling one man after another."

• From The Iliad (Book 19) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (flourished c. 700 BCE)

"For of all creatures
that breathe and creep about on the earth, there is none so
miserable as man."

• From The Iliad (Book 17) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (Iliad written c. 700 BCE)

"Battles are won by deeds;
the council-chamber is the place for words. This is no time to
talk, but to fight."

• From The Iliad (Book 16) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (writing around 700 BCE)

"So you, above all, must both
give and listen to advice and carry out the suggestion that
others may feel bound to put forward in the common interest."

• From The Iliad (Book 9) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (8th and 7th century BCE Greek Poet)

"Young men are never dependable, but
when an old man takes a hand in such affairs, he considers the
future as well as the past, and the result is the best for both
parties."

• From The Iliad (Book 3) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (Ancient Greek poet; The Iliad is thought to have been written around 700 BCE)

"So now my destiny confronts me. Let me at least
sell my life dearly and not without glory, after some great deed
for future generations to hear of."

• From The Iliad (Book 22) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (8th and 7th century BCE Greek poet)

"When men work in pairs, one sees advantages the other would
miss, while a man on his own may see the possibilities, but lack
the necessary imagination and intelligence."

• From The Iliad (Book 10) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and edited by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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Agamemnon (from Homer)

Agamemnon (ruler of Mycenae from Homer's epics and leader of the campaign against Troy)

"Keep your courage up and in the
heat of the battle fear nothing but dishonour in each other's
eyes. When warriors fear disgrace, more are saved than killed."

• From The Iliad by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and edited by Peter Jones.

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Athena taunting Ares (Iliad)

Athena (also spelled Athene) taunting Ares
(from The Iliad by Homer)

"You maniac! You idiot! You're done for. You clearly don't
have ears to hear with. Reason, restraint--all gone."

• From The Iliad by Homer (Chapter 15), translated by E. V. Rieu and edited by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics edition, 2014).

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Homer

Homer (wrote around 700 CE)

"Tell me now, you Muses that live on Olympus,
since you are goddesses, are present everywhere and
know everything, while we men have only hearsay
to go on and know nothing - tell me who were the leaders and
commanders of the Greeks?"

• From The Iliad by Homer, translated E. V. Rieu and edited by Peter Jones. The photograph of the Homer statue is licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 (CC 3.0).

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