800 BCE – 500 CE
Ancient poetry from Homer to Virgil, the foundations of Western verse.
Perhaps even these things will be good to remember someday
— Virgil
"Perhaps even these things will be good to remember someday"
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time…
— Sappho
"The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time is going by, and I ..."
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these
— Ovid
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these"
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence"
"Someone, I tell you, will remember us, even in another time"
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mi…
"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind"
Fortune favors the bold
"Fortune favors the bold"
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for…
— Homer
"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep"
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful
"What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful"
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this
"Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this"
"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart..."
Love shook my heart like the wind on the mountain rushing over the oak trees
"Love shook my heart like the wind on the mountain rushing over the oak trees"
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