Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of Homer is turned upon our age. Along the echoing corridors of time, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of… — Barry S. Strauss Copy Share Image
“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to… — Sulari Gentill Copy Share Image
As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another. We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory… We are… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Odysseus...sleeps sound beside Calypso and when he wakes thinks only of Penelope.” — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his… — Homer Copy Share Image
“I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always a… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
“The moral, I suppose, would be that the first requirements for a heroic career are the knightly virtues of loyalty, temperance, and… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
One should part from life as Odysseus parted from Nausicaa-blessing it rather than in love with it. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Granted, in order to give selflessly, one often starts giving selfishly. As Tiresias said to Odysseus: "Honey ... you don't get through… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land,… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze.… — Homer Copy Share Image
Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
“Living with him was like standing beside the sea. Each day a different colour, a different foam-capped height, but always the same… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“But Athena had no babe, and she never would. Her only love was reason. And that has never been the same as… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“As you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that your journey be a long one, filled with adventure, filled with… — Barry B. Powell Copy Share Image
What's amazing to me is how many of the issues facing women in the ancient world still linger today. Take Odysseus' wife,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
