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)
Bird-signs!
Fight for your country—that is the best, the only omen!Iliad, Book XII, 243 (tr. Robert Fagles)- The Odyssey (8th century BC), Book IXIn context
