Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

    “On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would have held up his head in their company.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.”
    —Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)