“Juno’s (Hera’s) hatred transcends space and history,
and it readily makes enemies of neutrals.” https://t.co/Pc0srdHiO3
“Jorgensen’s law, “Homer and the gods know which god
is responsible for any act or circumstance in the narrative. Humans remain
ignorant.”
Student
#1; “It's plural; 3rd person! That doesn’t make sense.”
Student
#2; “Translation drills don't make sense. Who could send one brother to many
isles?"
Student
#3; "Medea"
“It’s the unholy act that breeds more acts of the same
kind” Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
“It will be denied by few that the first great
literary product of the world is the poems of Homer.” D. J. Snider http://t.co/sImpYiCbb2
“It was wonderful to see the love and understanding
between those 2 noble beings (father and son).
Each filled the other’s heart." Dumas, Caucasia
“It was easy to perceive that between Louis and Renaud...existed
one of those...bonds which could only be forged by a woman.” Dumas, Alexandre
“It was a tribute to Art, whose power transcends the
might of kings.” Alexander Dumas, Caucasia
"“It is with metis
that charioteer is better than charioteer."" Nestor Iliad XXIII 318”"
“It is only in Russia," said he, "that
poison enters into politics.” The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
"“It is not always in the druggist's shop that
are found the best remedies for severe diseases.” Casanova, Giacomo."
“It is just as unpunctual to be a quarter of an hour
too soon as to arrive a quarter of an hour too late.” Dumas, Alexandre.
“It is hateful to me (Odysseus) to say the same thing
over and over again.” (Od 12.453) That
would explain his compulsively lying!
“It is a blind man dwelling in Chios, rugged and
rocky, whose songs, every one, are the best both now and hereafter” HH to
Apollo 172-3
“It had been built without the consent of the
immortals, and therefore it did not last.” Iliad 12:9
“Indeed, Odysseus, who is in fact called “hero” only
once in the Odyssey.” Homeric Moment by Eva Brann
“In the hands of Leukothea, as elsewhere, the veil is
a powerful instrument of boundary magic.”
https://t.co/RiQXVIQrhp
“In the autumn, the Volga is, to use a mathematical
phrase, reduced to its lowest terms.” Adventures in Czarist Russia” Alexandre
Dumas
“In spite of the laws of nature, many persons have
found him greater at a distance than close at hand.” “The Memoirs of Jacques
Casanova"
“In ritual context indecency, otherwise taboo, is
charged with procreative energy” Marilyn B. Skinner, http://t.co/Gh8kJK1rGT
“In our world the gods are gone from the scene - to
the relief of the rationalists and sorrow of the poets” page 35 Homeric
Moments, Eva Brann,
“In Mekone it was decided what is a god and what a
human being.” Scholium on Theogony 535
"“In local traditions, such as the Laconian,
Thetis figures as a primordial goddess with the most fundamental cosmic powers,”
Nagy_BA"
“In epic in contrast (to tragedy) the decision (to
accept a suppliant) is usually swift and without painful consequences” http://t.co/UbJ0DTz1QR
“In a word, the Hellenic poet is the master of kleos; “That which is heard.”
“If your duty bids you to conceal the cause of your
bad humor, it also bids you not to shew it.” Casanova, Giacomo."
“If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed
tears...but if you wish to make them laugh you must...look as serious as a
judge.” Casanova
"“If you have not done anything worthy of being
recorded, at least write something worthy of being read.” Casanova,
Giacomo."
“If a man attains his wish let him cling to it and not
let it go for something far off.” Pindar Pythian 10
“I’m very much afraid that bravery may be merely a
matter of what one is used to.” Alexander Dumas, Caucasia
“I, however, at age six am already showing a real
aptitude for not believing inconvenient truths. “ Diana Abu-Jaber http://t.co/eInRSXTRoW
“I was getting ready to accompany the Bucentoro, on
which the Doge was going, as usual, to wed the Adriatic,” https://t.co/L6292cW6FW
"“I should fight you on account of mortals, the
wretches, who are like leaves. Iliad XXI 463-466”"
“I seek no mate that might look down on me.” Euripides
“Rhesus”
“I saw at once that he was my son; nature had never
been so indiscreet as in the amazing likeness between us.” Casanova, Giacomo.
“I profited by this gracious invitation to idleness-one
of the most agreeable which can be extended to a traveler” Dumas, Alexandre.
"“I pretend to the friendship, to the esteem, to
the gratitude of my readers” Casanova"
"“I pretend to believe her, and we laughed like
two augurs meeting each other alone” Casanova, Giacomo. “Memoirs of
Casanova"
“I passed my hands over two spheres whose perfect
shape and whiteness would have restored Lazarus to life.” The Memoirs of
Casanova
“I maintain that deeds without dike…do not win with oaths.”
Athena in Eumenides
“I loved her better than myself, but after obtaining
possession...my self-love proved stronger” https://t.co/AjHPcKamxu
“I looked everywhere,
but all I found around me was my pain.” Philoctetes by Sophocles 330
“I loathe the wicked without doing them...injury.
I...abstain from doing them...good, in the...belief that we ought not to
cherish serpents.
“I hung my head, for at the bottom of my heart I did
believe in the possibility.” Dumas, Alexandre. “The Corsican Brothers.”
"“I have always relied upon His providence,
prayed to Him in my distress, and that He has always granted my prayers.” Casanova,
Giacomo."
"“I found myself like the salamander, in the very
heart of the fire for which I had been longing so ardently.” Casanova,
Giacomo."
"“I found her surrounded by seven or eight
well-seasoned admirers, who were burning at her feet the incense of their
flattery.” Casanova,"
“I forgot that it is not possible to stop at
friendship with a pretty woman”. Casanova
"“I congratulated myself upon having received a
lesson of such importance for the remainder of my life.” Casanova, Giacomo."
“I can easily contrive to drink my coffee well
sweetened, and to make him drain the bitter cup.” https://t.co/vJxuWkX7JY
“I call them birds since they were winged, but mortal
eye ne'er rested on such odd, unearthly shapes." Edgar Burroughs. “The
Gods of Mars.”
“I both liked and esteemed him before...but since he
has worn the tiara it's a different matter;” Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de
Seingalt
“I am dicing for my life with Fate”. Euripides “Rhesus”
“I am a charioteer driving my team far beyond the course.”
Agamemnon 1024
“I already had two friend by the name, so it seemed to
me a good omen.” Alexander Dumas, Caucasia
“I adopted the only plan that despair could suggest,
and that, of course, was not the right one.” https://t.co/AjHPcKamxu
“How stupid they are! I'd rather stand there three
times in battle holding up my shield than give birth once.” https://t.co/xzbpNfPyPK
“Honor xeinoi,
and hetairoi the better” Adam Brown
http://t.co/fCe8OaIpf5
“Honor to the Achaean name, the Achaeans will bear the
kleos of Orestes in song even to
future generations” Od 3:204
“Homer’s inexhaustibility” Homeric Moments, Eva Brann,
“Homer sings, though Odysseus only tells – lyre-less.”
Homeric Moment by Eva Brann
“High-thundering Zeus, who inhabits the most exalted
halls.” A nice line from Works and Days
“Hers is the loss and his the guilt.” Philip Vellacott
on “Troy” and Paris
“Hermes goes to Ogygia as the Psychopomp, because the
return of Odysseus follows the return of Persephone from Hades” Samatia Dova
“Here is courage, mankind’s finest possession, here is
the noblest prize that a young man can endeavor to win,” Tyrtaeus of Sparta
“Hera... does in fact manage to win over Aphrodite and
Sleep, thus subverting Zeus' rule” B. Satterfield's Burial of Hektor, p. 163:
“Hera is the only Iliadic figure to swear by the Styx.”
The Transformation of Hera by Joan V.O’Brien
“Hera herself remains committed to a demonic hatred
not to be sated even in the conflagration of Troy.” The Transformation of Hera
“Her friends excelled her in beauty and in feeling,
but my prejudiced eyes saw no one but Angela.” http://t.co/HhAeEAPafn
“Her close argument made me blush and carrying her
beautiful hand to my lips, I confessed myself in the wrong.” http://t.co/cwp0uukP0u
“Helen, therefore, is the image of Hellenic spirit, of
all that Greece means to mankind and to itself.” D. J. Snider http://t.co/sImpYiCbb2
“Helen with the beautiful tresses is the cursed spouse
who brings a dowry of death to Iion.” http://t.co/RqNPJEypDJ
“Helen is never more beautiful than when she give this
boy the recognition that make him Telemachus... a young man.” Homeric Moment
Eva Bran
“Hector...reached the first Greek ship, the very one
from which the first Greek leaped onto Trojan soil to be also the first to die.”
Brann
