Battle Quote by Anonymous

Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because all life…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a…

— George Saintsbury

'The Odyssey' is the great tale, and I was really taken by 'The Iliad,' so I dig into those things, and when I was…

— Karl Marlantes

Iliad by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was my projection…

— Brad Pitt

It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.

— Chang-Rae Lee

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

— Raymond Queneau

I was more worn out with the "Odyssey" than it was with the "Iliad." I mean, just comparing those two - you can see…

— Anne Carson

The basic story of "The Iliad" seems not even very servicable, for it has few parallels anywhere.

— Cedric H Whitman

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad'…

— Denis O'Hare

'The Iliad' is about a war 1,200 years ago that solved nothing and achieved nothing. Most of our wars achieve very little. But whatever…

— Denis O'Hare

The Iliad represents no creed nor opinion, and we read it with a rare sense of freedom and irresponsibility, as if we trod on…

— Henry David Thoreau

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

— Raymond Queneau