Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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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