Saturday, May 2, 2026

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, approximately between lines 100-110) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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