Quote

Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays Smote the surrounding fields.

Homer

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Homer
Author
Poet
Writer
Homerus
Homeros
Mæonides
Sun
Stream
Fields
Climb
Deep
Rays
Morning
Climbs
Heaven
Smooth
Streams
Smote
Began
Surrounding
Ocean
Heavens

More quotes by Homer

Image
Over the wine-dark sea.
Homer
Image
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.
Homer
Image
I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.
Homer
Image
A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
Homer
Image
To-morrow we embark upon the boundless sea.
Homer
Image
[B]ut it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals. The sinews no longer hold the flesh and the bones together, and once the spirit has let the white bones, all the rest of the body is made subject to the fire's strong fury, but the soul flitters out like a dream and flies away.
Homer
Image
'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
Homer
Image
Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!
Homer
Image
She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside the steering oar and used his skill to steer the raft.
Homer
Image
Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile
Homer
Image
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.
Homer
Image
O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes
Homer
Image
Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.
Homer
Image
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
Homer
Image
The outcome of the war is in our hands the outcome of words is in the council.
Homer
Image
The hearts of great men can be changed.
Homer
Image
Don't mess with the dead, boy, they have eerie powers.
Homer
Image
You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.
Homer
Image
Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay. Eternal happiness is just a dollar away.
Homer
Image
Like a girl, a baby running after her mother, begging to be picked up, and she tugs on her skirts, holding her back as she tries to hurry off—all tears, fawning up at her, till she takes her in her arms… That’s how you look, Patroclus, streaming live tears.
Homer