“It’s a hard choice, but this is why I lead. No one else has the stomach to do the unpleasant things that… — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
“Her gray eyes clear, the goddess Athena answered, "Down from the skies I come to check your rage if only you will… — Homer Copy Share Image
ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Nefertiti is like Athena born from the brow of Zeus, a head-heavy armored goddess. She is beautiful but desexed. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Percy blinked. “So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I perceived a hypocrite in every soul that passed through the temple's hallowed doors, beseeching our goddess for wisdom in battle, yet… — Ashezi Copy Share Image
I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“I am Athena. Before that I was Thea, singer and slave and lover of gladiators. Before that I was Leah, daughter of… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
I tried to picture a young, insecure Edward and couldn't, but it was nice to know that once he'd been a boy.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
But the owls themselves are not hard to find, silent and on the wing, with their ear tufts flat against their heads… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Now, she realized that the hardest test for a child of Athena wasn't leading a quest or facing death in combat. It… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly—our painful souvenir from… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Athena: "What makes you human? What’s different about you from every other creature out there?” “We can think?” a boy wearing a… — Kaitlin Bevis Copy Share Image
“Wisdom's daughter walks alone. The Mark of Athena burns through Rome. Twins snuff out the angel's breath, Who holds the key to… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I took 'The Brady Bunch' and 'The Partridge Family' very seriously. It was a world to me… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
She pulled away. “I missed you, Percy.” Percy wanted to tell her the same thing, but it seemed too small a comment.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Can I tell you what I think?” She nods. “You have a strong sense of loyalty to your friends and family and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the… — Homer Copy Share Image
your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos's traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
At the opening of the Odyssey, Telemachus, inspired by the male-born Athena, searches for his father by turning against his mother. Jesus… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I could have killed you.” “Or I could have killed you,” Percy said. Jason shrugged. “If there’d been an ocean in Kansas,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Hazel twirled her hair pensively. “I don’t like the idea of you risking your life alone, but you’re right. We saw what… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The rose Dawn might have found them weeping still had not grey-eyed Athena slowed the night when night was most profound, and… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Athena came into focus. She stood at my feet, looking down at me with a pleased expression. "He's mine now," she practically… — Kelly Keaton Copy Share Image
Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The woman's face was grimly drawn, an ugly expression on an indescribably beautiful face. “This is the Shadowdun. You know who I… — Kendra Sunderson Copy Share Image
I can understand the Greek idea that there are these these principles of lightening or of war or of wisdom and to… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Every time a confident, successful woman like Marissa Meyer distances herself from feminism, I think of Athena. Athena women, with all their… — Justine Musk Copy Share Image
In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. She’d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athena’s, which… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
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