“In ancient Greece, the word for “cook,” “butcher,” and “priest” was the same—mageiros—and the word shares an etymological root with “magic.” — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“I tell you, because military training is not publicly recognised by the state, you must not make that an excuse for being… — Xenophon Memorabilia. 371BC Marchant translation Copy Share Image
“Some gay soldiers and officers, particularly those with a college education, carried with them a mythology, developed from reading the classics and… — Allan Bérubé Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece, adolescence was a time when young men left their biological families to become the lovers of adult men. Sexuality… — Barry D. Adam Copy Share Image
“In ancient Greece more than one royal house was guilty of crime which became the stuff of tragedy: now Rome was to… — Livy Copy Share Image
“OEDIPUS: Upon the murderer I invoke this curse- whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“When the travesties scattered throughout our modern art museums are set alongside the glories of ancient Greece, the Christian heart should swell… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations, as in ancient Greece in the time… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I do not admire the excess of a virtue like courage unless I see at the same time an excess of the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“OEDIPUS: O, O, O, they will all come, all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let me look upon you no… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Not since Ancient Greece have cities been thought of as the ideal living environment for humans. And that was so long ago… — Giles Coren Copy Share Image
When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
In my Pantheon, Pan still reigns in his pristine glory, with his ruddy face, his flowing beard, and his shaggy body, his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
In English the expression 'ancient Greece' includes the meaning of 'finished,' whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share Image
What is remarkable about the Greeks - even pre-philosophically - is that despite the salience of religious rituals in their lives, when… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers...… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world -- including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece,… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“TEIRESIAS: I tell you, king, this man, this murderer (whom you have long declared you are in search of, indicting him in… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
