“Bad manners makes the Gods angry and your hair falls out. “. Maya M
"When I happen to agree with Graves, I search where I am mistaken :-) Maya M
“ no man who has unsparingly thrown himself into political-life [politeiā] trusting in the loyalty of the democracy [tà tou dēmou] has ever met with a beautiful death. “(Pausanias 1.8.3)
"When I happen to agree with Graves, I search where I am mistaken :-) Maya M
“ no man who has unsparingly thrown himself into political-life [politeiā] trusting in the loyalty of the democracy [tà tou dēmou] has ever met with a beautiful death. “(Pausanias 1.8.3)
D'Artagnan: [reciting from memory the letter Richelieu wrote giving Milady de Winter permission to kill Buckingham, d'Artagnan and Constance, as Richelieu reads the actual note which D'Artagnan has handed him] "By my order and for the good of the state, the bearer has done what has been done."
Cardinal Richelieu: Hm. One should be careful what one writes...
“Unfixable force of chaos” Lethal Weapon
“god-like Homer” Aristophanes Frogs 1032
“You exhort me in vain as if you were talking to th ewaves.” Prometheus in Prometheus
"In later Greek art the figure moving to the right or auspicious side is usually the winner” Jenifer Neils
"The lame Hephaestus is seldom depicted with a deformed foot; only his riding of the mule alludes to his disability “ Neils
“Palm (trees) might serve to underscore a distant exotic place.” Cohen
“As Lincoln reluctantly admits scholarship to be itself a form of myth” Cohen
