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The Children's Homer

"The Children's Homer" Quotes

"The Children's Homer" is a retelling of the ancient Greek epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," simplified for young readers, focusing on the adventures of Odysseus and the events of the Trojan War.

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Quotes

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end.

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The will of Zeus was moving toward its end.

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Great Odysseus, the man of many devices, was away from his own country.

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It is not right for us to sit like this, silent and sorrowful when there are deeds to be done.

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The gods do not make it easy for us.

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Courage, Odysseus, the gods have willed that you should come back to your own country.

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The sea is a hard mistress, and it will have its way.

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Even the best of men must face the trials that the gods ordain.

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There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife.

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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