A subplot follows the character Melony, who grew up alongside Homer in the orphanage.

More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly due to mere chance and partly because his popularity grew as theirs declinedhe became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education, along with Homer, Demosthenes and Menander.

Homer grew up on Long Island in New York where he always dreamed of flying.

Clancy Wiggum, more commonly known as ' Chief Wiggum ', grew up in Springfield, but is originally from Ireland and was among the same class and age group as Homer Simpson, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Barney Gumble, and Marge Simpson ( née Bouvier ).

Homer grew from a settlement named Union, which was on the Fort Clark or State Road running between Danville and Urbana, nearly three miles north of the present town.

Even Homer mentions the mountain Nyseion as the place where Dionysus, under the protection of the nymphs, grew up.

The stress of seeing Kent Brockman's TV reports on the revolt causes Homer to immediately lose the hair he grew and regain the lost weight.

As enrollments and programs grew significantly, other buildings were added, including the Atwood Center, the Ruth and Homer Moseley sports center ( 1982 ), and the Carr Gottstein Academic Center ( 1992 ).

Homer describes how Menelaus built a monument to his memory on the shore, around which the town later grew up.

Much of the information that is known of women in Ancient Greece comes through literary sources as the written word grew in use during the Classical and Hellenic period, such as Homer ’ s Iliad and the Odyssey and through the writings of Euripedes, Xenophon, and Aristotle.

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The staff joked about this being a suitable series finale, due to the episode ending with Homer suffering from another heart attack after Lisa tells Homer what 10 % of Burns ' $ 120, 000, 000 check really is.

The Mycenaeans were ultimately the first Greek-speaking people attested through historical sources, written records in the Linear B script, and through their literary echoes in the works of Homer, a few centuries later.

The ode plays upon the fact that those who are listening to Bacchylides have also read the epics of Homer, and understand the whole story behind this scene that would speak poorly of Achilles if people did not know the role he played in the Trojan war.

" He also has been known to arrest people impulsively, disregarding their involvement of a determined situation or crime, evident in " Brother from Another Series " where he arrested Sideshow Bob by the incidents of the episode, despite Bart and Lisa ( the main witnesses ) confirming his innocence, and in " The Frying Game " where he gleefully condemns Homer and Marge to death for murder without using a lie detector or making a DNA examination.

Homer mentions the people of Mopsus, identified as Cilices, as from the Troad in the northernwesternmost part of the peninsula.

In Greek mythology, Polites () referred to two different people, both of whom feature as minor characters in the epics by Homer.

Notable people from or living in Homer include:

After Homer rallies people to his cause, Mr. Burns decides to end the furor he is creating by offering him a new position as the plant safety inspector, along with a higher salary.

Ned ’ s dogged friendship inspires the loyalty of others ; when his Leftorium appeared on the verge of bankruptcy shortly after it opened, Homer arranged a George Bailey-esque bailout with the help of many people in Springfield.

The Hudson River painters ' directness and simplicity of vision influenced and inspired such later artists as John Kensett and the Luminists ; as well as George Inness and the tonalists ( which included Albert Pinkham Ryder and Ralph Blakelock among others ), and Winslow Homer ( 1836 – 1910 ), who depicted rural America — the sea, the mountains, and the people who lived near them.

Socrates says this can't be right because Homer ( whose authority they both accept on this point ) says that modesty is not good for all people, but it is agreed that sophrosyne is ( 160e ).

" When Mr. Burns appears on a radio show in an attempt to boost his popularity in " Monty Can't Buy Me Love ", Homer tells him that he has a list of jokes explaining the differences between white and black people ; Homer later states, " White guys have names like Lenny, whereas black guys have names like Carl.

For either it is an annihilation ( thus bringing eternal peace from all worries, and therefore not something to be truly afraid of ) or a migration to another place to meet souls of famous people such as Hesiod and Homer and heroes like Odysseus.

Homer says that the planes are now flying where they belong — over the homes of poor people.

However, when Homer starts writing conspiracy theories about flu shots, he gets sent to an island where people who know too much are imprisoned.

Homer wakes up on the " Island ", a place where the inhabitants are people who have been exiled from society for harboring dangerous secrets.

* The other people at Uncle Tyrone's birthday are the Simpsons that Homer gathered in the episode Lisa the Simpson.

Homer agrees on the basis that he can make the payments by plowing people ’ s driveways.

Homer, in the Iliad, mentions the Curetes () as a legendary people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian Boar.

On special occasions, a procession of the greatest people in history is formed, including Buddha, William Shakespeare, Homer, Mohammed, and several unknown people whose talents far exceeded those of the world's pivotal figures, but were never famous.

Lisa writes her final " I Give Up " edition and shuts down the Red Dress Press, but Homer responds by creating his own newspaper, The Homer Times, and other people, such as Lenny, Groundskeeper Willie and Patty and Selma, also create their own newspapers to help her, thus showing that the little guy isn't powerless against the media, cheering her up.

However, people will naturally add ' Chunkylover53 ' to their AIM accounts thinking it will be the ' real ' Homer.

The town was named after the Greek poet Homer and was laid out around the Courthouse Square in 1850 by Frank Vaughn.

Homer would have been executed gangland-style if not for Maggie coming to the rescue with her rifle.

In one scene, Homer reminisces about sitting on his old couch while watching Dallas, the Hands Across America charity event, the Berlin Wall coming down, and Welcome Back, Kotter.

The basic plot of the segment is the same as the novel and there are also many references to specific moments from the film, such as the blood coming out of the elevator and Homer breaking though a door with an axe and yelling " Here's Johnny ".

However, Scully liked the fact that the staff included a comment in the episode on its " screw you " beginning by having Homer say " I'll bet you didn't see that coming!

" He noted the scene from this episode in which Homer tells the viewers that " I'll bet you didn't see that coming!

After Homer sees the film Left Below, he fears that the Rapture will soon be coming.

" Homer cheers Kirk up by telling him that his marriage to Marge is solid, but Homer begins to fear that his marriage may end in divorce after coming home and finding hot dogs thawing in the sink.

After coming home, Marge asks Homer to help her learn her lines, but Homer is more interested in his handheld bowling game.

To help get them together, Homer and Marge invite them both to dinner, but do not tell them that the other one is coming.