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Homer, according to limited information, was an ancient Greek poet, credited with authorship of the epic poems 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'. His biography is not well-documented, with the exact dates of his birth and death unknown. His works have had a profound impact on Western literature.

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“Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.”

Dies Hunger

Book:Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems

Source: Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems

“My hour at last has come; Yet not ingloriously or passively I die, but first will do some valiant deed, Of which mankind shall hear in after time.”

Firsts Lasts Dies Hours Mankind Deeds Valiant

Book:The Iliad of Homer

Source: The Iliad of Homer

“It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.”

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Author:Homer

“The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.”

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“Ah, good ol’ trustworthy beer. My love for you will never die.”

Dies Beer Trustworthy My Love For You

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“Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.”

Dies Huge Warrior

Book:The Iliad

Source: The Iliad

“Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you. And look, you see how handsome and powerful I am? The son of a great man, the mother who gave me life-- A deathless goddess. But even for me, I tell you, Death and the strong force of fate are waiting. There will come a dawn or sunset or high noon When a man will take my life in battle too-- flinging a spear perhaps Or whipping a deadly arrow off his bow.”

“For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./ But glaring under his brows Odysseus answered: 'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it/ home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder,/ twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared/ bid for my wife while I was still alive./ Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven,/ contempt for what men say of you hereafter./ Your last hour has come. You die in blood.”

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Book:The odyssey

Source: The odyssey

“Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”

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Book:The Iliad: An Epic Poem About the Trojan War, the Ten-Year Siege of the City of Troy (Ilium) by a Coalition of Greek States - Battles and Events During the Weeks of a Quarrel Between King Agamemnon and the Warrior Achilles (Beloved Books Edition)

Source: The Iliad: An Epic Poem About the Trojan War, the Ten-Year Siege of the City of Troy (Ilium) by a Coalition of Greek States - Battles and Events During the Weeks of a Quarrel Between King Agamemnon and the Warrior Achilles (Beloved Books Edition)

“Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.”

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Author:Homer

“You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!”