- even Homer nods
- proverb even the best person sometimes makes a mistake due to a momentary lack of alertness or attentionOrigin:with allusion to Latin dormitat Homerus (Horace Ars Poetica 359)
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Homer sometimes nods — Nobody, even a poet as great as the Greek epic writer Homer, can be at his best or most alert all the time. Nods here means ‘becomes drowsy, falls asleep’; hence, ‘errs due to momentary lack of attention’. The source is HORACE Ars Poetica 359… … Proverbs new dictionary
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Continuity (fiction) — In fiction, continuity (also called time scheme) is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time. It is of relevance to several media. Continuity is… … Wikipedia
Homeric nod — (sometimes heard as Even Homer nods ) is a proverbial phrase for a continuity error. It has its origins in Homeric epic. The phrase was coined by the Roman poet Horace in his Ars poetica : [Lines 358 359.] ... et idem indignor quandoque bonus… … Wikipedia
nod — verb (nods, nodding, nodded) 1》 lower and raise one s head slightly and briefly, especially in greeting, assent, or understanding, or as a signal. ↘signify or express in this way: he nodded his consent. ↘(nod something through) informal… … English new terms dictionary
Ut pictura poesis — is Latin, literally As is painting so is poetry. The statement (often repeated) occurs most famously in Horace s Ars Poetica , near the end, immediately after the other most famous quotation from Horace s treatise on poetics, bonus dormitat… … Wikipedia
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nod — 1. verb /nɒd,nɑd/ a) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement. Even Homer nods. b) To incline (the head) up and down, as to indicate agreement … Wiktionary
Homeric — Some people maintain that the Homeric writings were the work of many men. But historians interested in that point have concluded that the Iliad and the Odyssey were poems from the poet Homer, a blind Greek who wandered from city to city in the … Dictionary of eponyms
aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus — foreign term Etymology: Latin sometimes (even) good Homer nods … New Collegiate Dictionary
