My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius - Homer

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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius

Homer

The Iliad · September 26, 2023 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Nothing more shameless is than Appetite,
Who still, whatever anguish load our breast,
Makes us remember in our own despite
Both food and drink.

Cattle and fat sheep can all be had for the raiding, tripods for the trading, and tawny headed stallions. But a mans's lifebreath cannot come back again- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man's clenched teeth.

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.