Iliad Quotes
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“Ἔπεα πτερόεντα.
• Winged words.”
“Μένεα πνείοντες.
• Breathing fury.”
“Ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς.
• Rosy-fingered Dawn.”
“Δακρυόεν γελάσασα.
• Smiling through tears.”
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“Ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν.”
“Καὶ γάρ τ' ὄναρ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν.
• Dreams come from Zeus.”
“Διὸς δ’ ἐτελείετο βουλή.
• The will of Zeus was accomplished.”
“Τῷ μὲν κλέος, ἄμμι δὲ πένθος.
• Glory to him, but to us a sorrow.”
“Ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω.
• Once a thing has been done, the fool sees it.”
“Θεὸς διὰ πάντα τελευτᾷ.
• It is the god who accomplishes all things.”
“Παρὰ θῖνα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης.
• Along the shore of the loud-roaring sea.”
“Νίκη δ᾽ ἐπαμείβεται ἄνδρας.
• Victory passes back and forth between men.”
“I am foremost of all the Trojan warriors to stave the day of bondage from off them; as for you, vultures shall devour you here.”
“Ὕπνε ἄναξ πάντων τε θεῶν πάντων τ' ἀνθρώπων.
• Sleep, universal king of gods and men.”
“Ἔνθ' Ὕπνῳ ξύμβλητο κασιγνήτῳ Θανάτοιο.
• There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death.”
“Μύθων τε ῥητῆρ' ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων.
• Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.”
“Μή με κύον γούνων γουνάζεο μὴ δὲ τοκήων.
• No more entreating of me, you dog, by knees or parents.”
“Κάτθαν' ὁμῶς ὅ τ' ἀεργὸς ἀνὴρ ὅ τε πολλὰ ἐοργώς.
• Alike the idlers and the active die.”
“Ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει.
• When a Man's exhausted, wine will build his strength.”