It is doubtful if Homer knew writing, certain that he knew profoundly every quality of the tongue, — veracity, vividness, shortness of sentence, simplicity of thought, obligation to insure swift apprehension.
荷马是否懂得写作值得怀疑, 他确信他深谙语言的每一种品质——真实、生动、简洁的句子、简单的思想、确保迅速理解的义务。