Homer900–800 BCThe quotations of
Homer
Reputed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
900–800 BC
21 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Patriotism and God.
- Iliad, Book XV, 496–497 (tr. Lord Derby)
Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor.
The Iliad (750 BC), Iliad, Book X, 173–174 (tr. Samuel Butler)In context- Iliad, Book XVII, 446–447 (tr. Richmond Lattimore)
- Iliad, IX. 320 (tr. Lord Derby); Achilles to the embassy
- The Iliad (8th century BC), Book VIIn context
