TFBT: Quotes for October

“This hero (Achilles) is the son that Zeus never had” (A sampling of comments on Pindar Isthmian 8 by Gregory Nagy)

“Thetis, who is not only immortal but even endowed with limitless cosmic powers.”  (A sampling of comments on Pindar Isthmian 8 by Gregory Nagy)

"A society without warriors is not liable to last very long." Myers

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

“I wonder why Athena made so much fuss over a little brain-snack, given that she sported Medusa’s head on her aegis and, according to some versions, the aegis itself was made from the skin of a defeated enemy. If Athena hadn’t turned away from Tydeus, the immortalization formula for him should have been, “Immortal, unaging and prion-resistant”.  Maya M

“Homer is being slighted here only to the extent that he is being accused of becoming a perpetuator of words spoken about or even by Odysseus." (A sampling of comments on Pindar Nemean 7 by Gregory Nagy)

"Haven't you had enough?" Pat Shanley

"Put enough brown sugar on it and people will eat anything." Interm cook for the Happy Jack Hotshots.

“All Classical literature (if not all literature in general) is a series of footnotes to Homer” (How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Teaching Homer)

“We are dealing with the mere shadows of the extemporized live recitations of Archaic Greek poets.” https://whatwouldcicerodo.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-teaching-homer/

“Aeneas picks up a rock to hurl at Achilles (Iliad 20.281ff.). This should cause the audience some surprise: in the course of the poem, the act of picking up a rock as a weapon has always marked a decisive turn of the tide of battle in favour of the rock-wielder.”   https://whatwouldcicerodo.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-teaching-homer/

Pausinias 6.6.3] “There stands also the statue of the Elean boy Lastratidas, who won the crown for wrestling. He won a victory at Nemea also among the boys, and another among the beardless striplings. “