How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be…

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

“...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

Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.

— Michael Pollan