The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all. - Homer

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The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all.

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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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Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

"τρὶς δέ μοι ἐκ χειρῶν σκιῇ εἴκελον ἢ καὶ ὀνείρῳ ἔπτατ'"
μτφρ. και τρεις φορές μες απ᾿ τα χέρια μου σαν όνειρο, σαν ίσκιος
μου πέταξε᾿

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Ὡς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων
γίνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον
γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων.

The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all. - Homer

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