by Homer
Ἀνδρομάχη δέ οἱ ἄγχι παρίστατο δάκρυ χέουσα
Don't take risks, begs Andromache
Iliad Book 6, lines 441 - 473
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Archilochus 7
Archilochus on endurance
by Archilochus
κήδεα μὲν στονόεντα, Περίκλεες, οὔτε τις ἀστῶν
Tough love from Archilochus on loss and mourning
Archilochus fragments 2, 3 5A and 6
Archilochus, a soldier-poet
Callimachus Epigram 2
Callimachus remembers his poet-friend
εἶπέ τις Ἡράκλειτε τεὸν μόρον
The poet Callimachus remembers his poet-friend Heraclitus
Odyssey Book 9, lines 216-249
Enter the Cyclops
Odyssey, Book 9, lines 464-535
Polyphemus’s prayer
Odyssey Book 9, lines 336-414
The Blinding
Odyssey, Book 9, lines 182 - 215
The Cave of the Cyclops
by Homer
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχατιῇ σπέος εἴδομεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης
Odysseus and his companions find the cave of the Cyclops
Odyssey Book 9, lines 415-463
The Escape from the Cave
by Homer
Κύκλωψ δὲ στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι
Odysseus has blinded the Cyclops, but remains trapped in the cave
