Homer Ὅμηρος
poet · Ionia, ancient Greece · c. 8th century BC
The poet said to have made the Iliad and the Odyssey, the songs of the Trojan War. He is said to have been a blind wandering singer, but nothing is certain, and some say he was not one person.
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c. 8th century BC
Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus, the ruinous wrath that brought the Achaeans pains beyond counting.
μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκεIliad, the first two lines
c. 8th century BC · Odysseus's answer when the one-eyed giant Polyphemus asks his name
Nobody is my name. Nobody is what they call me, my mother and my father and all my companions besides.
Οὖτις ἐμοί γʼ ὄνομα· Οὖτιν δέ με κικλήσκουσι
μήτηρ ἠδὲ πατὴρ ἠδʼ ἄλλοι πάντες ἑταῖροι.Odyssey 9.366–367
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