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

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

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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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