It is hateful to me to tell a story over again, when it has been well told. - Homer

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It is hateful to me to tell a story over again, when it has been well told.

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About Homer

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon.

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Native Name: Ὅμηρος
Alternative Names: Homerus Homeros Mæonides
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The Odyssey, trans. E. V. Rieu (Penguin Books, 1946)

Ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω.

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For double are the portals of flickering dreams.
One set is made of horn, the other of ivory.
And as for those that come through the sawn ivory,
They deceive, carrying words that will not be fulfilled;
But those that pass on outside through the polished horn
Do fulfill the truth whenever any mortal sees them.

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