The fact that Achilles is the one to take the initiative…

The Wrath of Achilles had probably been an epic subject for generations when Homer found it, and the germ of its meaning, the conflict…

— Cedric H Whitman

Odysseus sees reality as the situation or problem before him; Achilles sees it as something in himself, and the problem is to identify himself…

— Cedric H Whitman

Achilles' absolute, like every heroic absolute, finds its telos or fulfillment, not in dislocating the world as it is, but in self-destruction.

— Cedric H Whitman

In earlier antiquity, no doubt, the multiple and not necessarily consistent aspects of the Greek character found little difficulty in embracing spiritually, if not…

— Cedric H Whitman

Personal integrity in Achilles achieves the form and authority of immanent divinity, with its inviolable, lonely singleness, half repellent because of its almost inhuman…

— Cedric H Whitman

When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the standard oftheir…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Briseis is kneeling by my body. She has brought water and cloth, and washes the blood and dirt from my skin. Her hands are…

— Madeline Miller

And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles' feet as…

— Homer

Like Achilles, the hero who forgot his heel, or like Icarus who, flying close to the sun, forgot that his wings were made of…

— Dwight Longenecker

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to…

— Sophie Swetchine

There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes…

— Karen Elson

“Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only.”

— Madeline Miller

Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

— Homer

“Bury us, and mark our names above. Let us be free.”

— Madeline Miller

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use…

— Isaac Asimov