Homer Quotes About Grief

• Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.

  Homer

  Grief, Fate, Men

  Homer (2005). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.4, Bantam Classics

• Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.

  Homer

  Dolor, Corazón, Dar

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo (1819). “Iliad”, p.443, Hackett Publishing

• And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself, Now for his father, now for Patroclus once again And their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.

  Homer

  Memories, Father, Grief

• She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills

  Homer

  Drinking, Grief, Passion

• And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself-more birds than women flocking round his body!

  Homer

  Grief, Son, Blood

• ¿Por qué tanto dolor por mí? Ningún hombre me arrojará a la Muerte, contra mi destino. ¿Y el destino? Nadie vivo ha escapado de él, ni valiente ni cobarde, te lo digo yo: nace con nosotros el día en que nacemos.

  Homer

  Grief, Fate, Men

• And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

  Homer

  Husband, Grief, Home

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo (2000). “Odyssey”, p.41, Hackett Publishing

• Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

  Homer

  Grief, Long, Joy

• Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.

  Homer

  Grief, Blessing, Two

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