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Epigram XIII
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914) · From Homerica (Loeb, 1914)
Children are a man’s crown, towers of a city; horses are the glory of a plain, and so are ships of the sea; wealth will make a house great, and reverend princes seated in assembly are a goodly sight for the folk to see. But a blazing fire makes a house look more comely upon a winter’s day, when the Son of Cronos sends down snow.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Attributed to Homer in antiquity.
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Homer. “Epigram XIII.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/13/.
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Homer. “Epigram XIII.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/13/.
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