Living

Epigram V

by Homer fl. c. 8th century BC

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914) · From Homerica (Loeb, 1914)

Living

Thestorides, full many things there are that mortals cannot sound; but there is nothing more unfathomable than the heart of man.

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Attributed to Homer in antiquity.

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Homer. “Epigram V.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/5/.

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Homer. “Epigram V.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/5/.

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