I’ve always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the…

The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they…

— Avery Brundage

“...Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read…

— John Adams

The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as…

— Tim Birkhead

“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to chisel the…

— Sulari Gentill

From one learn all. I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

— Virgil

How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science.

— Albert Einstein

I can play lots of nationalities: Greeks, South Americans, Arabs, all sorts.

— Victor Banerjee

From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks

— H. P. Blavatsky

If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.

— Frances McDormand

There are proofs that date back to the Greeks that are still valid today.

— Andrew Wiles

“Even the Greeks—the so called champions of democracy—voted without ever allowing a single woman into the process.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

— Willem de Kooning

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.

— Evangelos Venizelos

For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.

— Neil MacGregor

I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

— Barack Obama