Omero frasi celebri
Odissea
Odissea
“Tutti gli uomini hanno bisogno degli dèi.”
citato in AA.VV., Il libro delle religioni, traduzione di Anna Carbone, Gribaudo, 2017, p. 12. ISBN 9788858015810
Omero: Frasi in inglese
“We two have secret signs,
known to us both but hidden from the world.”
Homér Odissea
XXIII. 109–110 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“I'll fling a spear myself and leave the rest to Zeus.”
Homér Iliad
XVII. 515 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.”
Homér Odissea
I. 32–34 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“Who, on his own,
has ever really known who gave him life?”
Homér Odissea
I. 216 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“He in the turning dust lay
mightily in his might, his horsemanship all forgotten.”
Homér Iliad
XVI. 775–776 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“He will tell you no lies, for he is an excellent person.”
Homér Odissea
III. 328 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate.”
Homér Iliad
XVI. 630 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“The gods don't hand out all their gifts at once,
not build and brains and flowing speech to all.”
Homér Odissea
VIII. 167–168 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Odissea
XVI. 190–191 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Odissea
VIII. 221–222 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Odissea
I. 58–59 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“If indeed there be a god in heaven.”
Homér Odissea
XVII. 484 (tr. S. H. Butcher and Andrew Lang).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“Bird-signs!
Fight for your country—that is the best, the only omen!”
Homér Iliad
XII. 243 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Homér Iliad
XII. 322–328 (tr. R. Lattimore); Sarpedon to Glaukos.
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“Hardship can age a person overnight.”
Homér Odissea
XIX. 360 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“It's light work for the gods who rule the skies
to exalt a mortal man or bring him low.”
Homér Odissea
XVI. 211–212 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death.”
Homér Iliad
XIV. 231 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Homér Odissea
VI. 180–185 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald); Odysseus to Nausicaa.
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Odissea
I. 1–5 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Iliad
VI. 142–143 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
Homér Odissea
Δοιαὶ γάρ τε πύλαι ἀμενηνῶν εἰσὶν ὀνείρων·
αἱ μὲν γὰρ κεράεσσι τετεύχαται, αἱ δ' ἐλέφαντι.
οἵ ῥ' ἐλεφαίρονται, ἔπε' ἀκράαντα φέροντες·
οἳ δὲ διὰ ξεστῶν κεράων ἔλθωσι θύραζε,
οἵ ῥ' ἔτυμα κραίνουσι, βροτῶν ὅτε κέν τις ἴδηται.
XIX. 563–568 (tr. Robert Fagles); spoken by Penelope.
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“The blessed gods have no love for crime.
They honor justice, honor the decent acts of men.”
Homér Odissea
XIV. 83–84 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Homér Odissea
XIII. 79–80 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all.”
Homér Odissea
I. 7 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“A deep sleep took hold upon him and eased the burden of his sorrows.”
Homér Odissea
XXIII. 343–344 (tr. Samuel Butler).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
“When a Man's exhausted, wine will build his strength.”
Homér Iliad
VI. 261 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“Friends, we're hardly strangers at meeting danger.”
Homér Odissea
XII. 209 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
