Homer — "The gods are always with us."
The gods are always with us.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Homer
"A wicked crew betrayed me—they and a cruel sleep."
"Each man delights in the work that suits him best."
"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another."
"Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man."
"It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive."
About Homer (c. 8th century BCE)
Greek epic poet traditionally credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, the foundational works of Western literature. Closely associated with Hesiod (near-contemporary Greek poet of Theogony and Works and Days). For an intellectual contrast, see Plato, Greek philosopher of the Republic — Republic Book X bans the poets from the ideal city, with Homer as the explicit target — Plato argued Homer's gods set immoral examples and that poetry corrupts moral education. The founding philosophy-versus-poetry quarrel of Western thought.