An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing wit… - Edith Hamilton

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An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it.

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Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was a classicist and educator who was a writer on mythology. Her most famous books are The Greek Way (1930) and Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (1942).

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The Greeks were realists. They saw the beauty of common things and were content with it.

Tell him, too,” she said, “never to pluck flowers, and to think every bush may be a goddess in disguise.

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An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it. - Edith Hamilton

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