Friday, May 15, 2026

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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