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The thick tresses of gold with which Vulcan had crested the helmet floated round it, and as the evening star that shines brighter than all others through the stillness of night, even such was the gleam of the spear which Achilles poised in his right hand, fraught with the death of noble Hector.

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Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death.

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And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

Homer

Take thou thy arms and come with me,
For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive
To air our cause, although we be but two.
Great is the strength of feeble arms combined,
And we can combat even with the brave.

Homer

In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.

Homer

Homer

Homer

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Bio: Homer 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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Iliad
Odyssey
Homeric Hymns
Homeri opera

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