Homer’s Epigrams

Homer

Homer. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard), editor. London: William Heinmann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914.

  1. Children are a man’s crown, towers of a city;
  2. horses are the glory of a plain, and so are ships of the sea;
  3. wealth will make a house great, and reverend princes
  4. seated in assembly are a goodly sight for the folk to see.
  5. But a blazing fire makes a house look more comely upon a winter’s day,
  6. when the Son of Cronos sends down snow.