Homer, Odyssey, V, 388-399
• Sir William Marris, tr., The Odyssey of Homer (1925), p. 96
• Sir William Marris, tr., The Odyssey of Homer (1925), p. 96
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So on he drifted for two nights and days O’er the high swell, and oft his heart forbode The end; but when the fair-haired Dawn fulfilled The third day, then the tempest dropped, and fell A windless calm; and, poised on a big wave With quick look-out he saw the land near by.
— Homer on Eos
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So on he drifted for two nights and days O’er the high swell, and oft his heart forbode The end; but when the fair-haired Dawn fulfilled The third day, then the tempest dropped, and fell A windless calm; and, poised on a big wave With quick look-out he saw the land near by." in the context of "Homer, Odyssey, V, 388-399
• Sir William Marris, tr., The Odyssey of Homer (1925), p. 96" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) 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.
About Homer
Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) 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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