HOMER

HOMER

Asia Minor, approx. 850 B.C.
IT IS MORE USEFUL FOR THE POOR TO BEG FOR HIS FOOD IN THE CITY THAN IN THE COUNTRY
IT IS MORE USEFUL FOR THE POOR TO BEG FOR HIS FOOD IN THE CITY THAN IN THE COUNTRY - HOMER

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The most famous and oldest epic Greek poet, known to all mankind. According to one tradition he was born in Smyrna, according to another in Chios. Many cities claim its birth. About his life only mythical traditions are known. He lived in the ninth century BC and roamed the Greek cities like a rhapsode. He is said to have been blind. He died on the Cycladic island of Ios.

Aristotle attributes to him, in addition to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", the comic epic "Margaritis". The epics were recorded and received their final form in the 6th century BC. However, they present differences between them which made researchers question the authorship of both works by Homer. This is how the so-called "Homeric issue" was created, which preoccupied and continues to preoccupy philologists all over the world. This does not diminish the value of the poems nor the poet. The general perception that prevails today is that the epics, in their current composition, are the fruit of a long evolution, and Homer is considered the greatest poet of the ages and the patriarch of ancient Greek poetry.

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  1. NOTHING LOWER THAN MAN DOES THE EARTH NOURISH FROM ALL THAT BREATHE AND MOVE ON IT. BECAUSE HE NEVER THINKS HE WILL GET ILL, WHEN THE GODS GIVE HIM HEALTH
  2. WHEN PEOPLE SUFFER, THEY BLAME THE GODS, WHILE OFTEN THEMSELVES WITH THEIR SINFUL DEEDS FALL INTO TROUBLE BEYOND WHAT IS NECESSARY
  3. ALL MEN NEED THE GODS
  4. WHEN GOD WANTS HE CAN EASILY SAVE MAN EVEN FROM A FAR
  5. THERE IS NOTHING PRETTIER AND MORE DESIRABLE THAN A HOUSEHOLD RULED BY LIKE-MINDED SPOUSES
  6. OLYMPIAN ZEUS ALONE DISTRIBUTES HAPPINESS TO PEOPLE BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD, TO EACH AS HE WILLS
  7. YOU HAVE TO ENDURE MISFORTUNES
  8. THE STRANGERS AND THE POOR ARE ALL ZEUS' PEOPLE AND ARE CONTENT WITH THE LITTLE YOU WILL PROVIDE
  9. ZEUS THE PATRON OF LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIES AND PROTECTS THE RESPECTED SUPPLICANTS
  10. YOU WILL SUFFER WHATEVER THE FATES ORDAIN, THE PREDESTINATION THAT CIRCUMSCRIBES THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE WHEN YOUR MOTHER BRINGED YOU INTO THE WORLD
  11. THERE IS NOTHING MORE ANNOYING THAN THE DAMN BELLY THAT TYRANNICALLY COMMANDS US TO FILL IT, EVEN WHEN WE ARE TORTURED AND IN GRIEF
  12. YOUTH ALWAYS LACK PRUDENCE
  13. WHATEVER LUCK BRINGS IS ALWAYS WELCOME
  14. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN THE SEA TO BREAK A MAN, NO MATTER HOW STRONG HE IS
  15. NO GREATER GLORY MAN HAS WHILE ALIVE, THAN WHAT HE ACHIEVED WITH HIS HANDS AND FEET
  16. HE IS AN INGRATE AND WORTHLESS MAN, HE WHO CHALLENGES TO A FIGHT HIM WHO OPENS HIS HOME TO HIM IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
  17. EVERYONE PAYS WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE THE ETERNAL GODS
  18. HE IS NO LESS THAN BROTHER HE WHO IS FAITHFUL AND CAREFUL AS A COMPANION
  19. ZEUS IS THE PROTECTOR OF SUPPLICANTS AND STRANGERS, THE GOD OF HOSPITALITY, WHO AT THE SAME TIME ACCOMPANIES PIOUS STRANGERS
  20. SLEEP TAMES EVERYONE
  21. WITH THE HELP OF THE GODS MANY THINGS EXIST
  22. THERE IS NOTHING MORE HORRIFIC AND SHAMEFUL THAN THE WOMAN WHO PLANS IN HER MIND INAPPROPRIATE DEEDS SUCH AS PREPARING THE MURDER OF HER LEGAL HUSBAND
  23. NEVER BE SOFT TO YOUR WIFE, NEVER CONFESSING TO HER ALL YOUR THOUGHTS, WHICH YOU KNOW WELL, BUT TELL HER ONE PART AND KEEP THE OTHER PART SECRET
  24. IT IS BAD FOR ONE TO SAY THINGS ONE DOESN'T KNOW
  25. BETTER TO BE WORKER OF THE LAND THAN KING IN HADES
  26. THE BLESSED GODS DON'T LOVE POINTLESS WORKS, BUT RESPECT THE JUSTICE AND VIRTUOUS DEEDS OF MEN
  27. HATEFUL IS HE AS THE GATES OF HELL, WHO FORCED BY POVERTY TELLS FAKE NEWS
  28. GOD WILL GIVE US SOMETHING, AND TAKE AWAY SOMETHING ELSE, WHATEVER HE WISHES. BECAUSE HE HAS POWER OVER EVERYTHING
  29. WINE CONFUSES THE MIND. IT FORCES EVEN THE VERY WISE ONE TO SING AND LAUGH SOFTLY AND MAKES HIM DANCE AND EXTRACTS FROM HIM SOME WORD WHICH SHOULD BETTER BE KEPT SECRET
  30. EVERYTHING IS BETTER TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO MEASURE
  31. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF THE STRANGER WHILE HE STAYS AND WHEN HE WANTS TO GO LET HIM GO
  32. FOOD HAS A DOUBLE VALUE, THAT IS, IT IS HONOR AND PLEASURE AND ON THE OTHER HAND IT IS BENEFICIAL
  33. AMONG MORTALS THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN BEGGING. BUT FOR THE DAMN BELLY MEN SUFFER, AS ANYONE WHO IS FORCED TO WANDER
  34. HERMES MESSENGER OF THE GODS BRINGS JOY AND HAPPINESS TO MEN'S WORKS
  35. ONE CAN BE HAPPY EVEN WITH HIS SUFFERING, WHO HAS SUFFERED MUCH AND HAS BEEN MUCH TORTURED
  36. IT IS EASY FOR THE GODS TO BOTH GLORIFY MORTALS AND PUT THEM INTO A BAD SITUATION
  37. IT IS MORE USEFUL FOR THE POOR TO BEG FOR HIS FOOD IN THE CITY THAN IN THE COUNTRY
  38. THE HUNGER OF THE DAMN BELLY BRINGES MANY HARDSHIPS TO PEOPLE
  39. THE SOUL IS BRAVE WHEN IT HAS SUFFERED MANY HARDSHIPS
  40. GODS TRANSFORM INTO EVERY KIND OF HUMAN WANDERING AROUND THE CITIES TO OBSERVE THE ARROGANCE OF PEOPLE
  41. LET NO MAN EVER BE UNJUST, BUT SILENTLY ENJOY THE GIFTS THE GODS GIVE HIM
  42. HAVE THE PRUDENCE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOME AND GUARD YOUR PROPERTY
  43. BE SILENT AND HOLD YOUR THOUGHT AND DON'T ASK
  44. DREAMS ARE UNEXPLAINABLE AND INACCESSIBLE, NOR DO ALL COME TRUE
  45. FOR EVERY THING THE IMMORTAL GODS PUT LIMITS TO MORTALS, UPON THE LAND THE WHEAT-GIVER
  46. MISFORTUNE IS ENDURED WHEN SOMEONE CRIES DURING THE DAY WITH SADNESS AND FALLS ASLEEP AT NIGHT
  47. BENEFICENCE IS SUPERIOR TO WICKEDNESS
  48. ONE SHOULD NOT REJOICE OVER KILLED ENEMIES, THEY WERE DEFEATED BY THE FATE OF THE GODS AND THEIR BAD DEEDS
  49. IF THE GODS MAKE YOUR OLD AGE BETTER, THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WILL BE FREE FROM TROUBLE
  50. FATE IS PERNICIOUS, WHICH NO ONE THAT IS BORN ESCAPES
  51. DON'T KEEP THE SADNESS IN, JUST TELL ME SO WE BOTH KNOW
  52. A RENOWNED ARTIST IS THE LAME HEPHAESTUS WITH HIS SKILLFUL HANDS AND HIS WISE MIND
  53. AVOID RIDICULE AND DON'T BECOME AN OBJECT OF DISGRACE
  54. THE BEAUTIFUL GIFTS OF THE GOLDEN VENUS ARE PRICELESS GIFTS THAT THE GODS BESTOW IN GREAT AMOUNT UPON A MORTAL, NOT TO BE SCORNED, EVEN IF HE MAY CHOOSE
  55. IN THE UNDERWORLD THE SOULS OF THE DEAD ARE PUNISHED
  56. LET THE TRAVELLER SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT OF HARMING THE ONE WHO WILL HOST THEM
  57. THE BLONDE DEMETER SEPARATES THE FRUIT AND THE CHAFF WITH THE STRONG SPIRITS OF THE WINDS
  58. THE GODS LIVE WITHOUT EFFORT
  59. WINE INCREASES STRENGTH IN A TIRED MAN
  60. ADVISE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE
  61. NO MAN CAN RESIST THE WILL OF ZEUS, NOT EVEN THE BRAVEST, BECAUSE HE IS MUCH SUPERIOR
  62. WINE SOOTHES THE HEART
  63. TOLERANCE IS BETTER
  64. LET GO OF THE ANGER THAT IS EATING YOUR HEART
  65. THE UNEMPLOYED AND THE ONE WHO DOES MANY THINGS BOTH DIE THE SAME DEATH
  66. HE IS AN ENEMY AS THE GATES OF HELL HE WHO THINKS ONE THING AND SAYS ANOTHER
  67. THE SOUL OF MAN CANNOT BE CAPTURED
  68. CONTROL YOUR PROUD HEART FOR IT DOESN'T BEFIT YOU AT ALL TO HAVE A RELENTLESS SOUL, EVEN GODS ARE MOVED, WHO HAVE MOST GREATNESS AND POWER OF ALL
  69. IGNORE ANGER
  70. QUARREL BRINGS ABOUT MANY MOANS
  71. COWARDS ESCAPE WAR
  72. IT IS AN EXCELLENT SIGN FOR ONE TO DEFEND ONE'S COUNTRY
  73. YOU HAVE NO FEAR OF GETTING LOST IF YOUR HEART IS BRAVE
  74. BATTLE GLORIFIES MEN
  75. THINK OF DEFENSE AND NOT OF COWARDLY FLIGHT
  76. UNITY RESULTS IN POWER
  77. FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS SATIATION EVEN OF SLEEP OF LOVE AND OF SWEET SONG AND FLAWLESS DANCE
  78. GOD GAVE FIGHTING ABILITY TO ONE MAN, DANCE TO ANOTHER, TO ANOTHER THE GUITAR AND SONG
  79. ONE CANNOT FIGHT BEYOND ONE'S CAPACITY EVEN IF HE WANTS TO
  80. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO FIGHT WOUNDED
  81. VENUS GIVES THE LOVE AND LUST WITH WHICH SUBJECTS ALL IMMORTALS AND MORTALS
  82. WHEN ANGER ENTERS THE SOUL, LOVE EXITS
  83. SLEEP IS THE BROTHER OF DEATH, KING OF ALL GODS AND ALL MEN
  84. THE FIRST ORIGIN OF EVERYTHING IS THE OCEAN
  85. NIGHT TAMES GODS AND MEN
  86. LOVE ENCLOSES THE PRUDENT MIND
  87. PAINS TORTURE THE SOUL
  88. IT'S NOT AT ALL INAPPROPRIATE FOR ONE TO DIE DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY
  89. SALVATION DEPENDS ON US
  90. THE WILL OF ZEUS IS STRONGER AND NOT OF MEN
  91. NOTHING IS MORE PATHETIC THAN MAN, AMONG ALL THAT BREATHES AND MOVES ON EARTH
  92. IN DEATH THE SOUL DEPARTS, LIFE DISAPPEARS AND THE WHOLE BODY ROTS
  93. ERYNIES PUNISH PEOPLE, IF SOMEONE VIOLATES HIS OATH
  94. ZEUS INCREASES THE COURAGE OF MEN AND DECREASES IT, AS HE WILLS
  95. BE CAREFUL, WITH PRUDENCE
  96. PRUDENCE IS RARE IN YOUTH
  97. BLESSED ARE THE GODS WHO LIVE ETERNALLY
  98. WHEN YOU ARE BORN POWERFUL FATE SPINS THE THREAD OF YOUR LIFE
  99. LET YOUR SORROWS SETTLE IN YOUR SOUL, EVEN IF YOU ARE BITTER
  100. THE GODS ORDAINED FOR UNHAPPY MORTALS TO LIVE BITTERLY