...of all creatures that breathe and move on earth none is … - Homer

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...of all creatures that breathe and move on earth
none is more to be pitied than a man.

Homer

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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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Aeschylus Euripides Walter Scott William Shakespeare John Dryden

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"Say not a word in death's favor; I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king of kings among the dead." -Achilles

Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,
πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι.

It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.

...of all creatures that breathe and move on earth none is more to be pitied than a man. - Homer

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