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Homer Quotes about Grief

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Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.

Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.

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

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

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

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

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

Homer
Grief, Long, Joy

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

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