Motivation Quote by Arthur Erickson

Any student of the New Testament eager to understand its Greco-Roman setting will profit greatly from this excellent book. I commend it highly for…

— Craig S. Keener

Well, I'm trained as a classicist, so I like to read the Greeks and Romans.

— Martha Nussbaum

That period of history has always fascinated me - Greek history, Greek mythology.

— Jared Harris

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

— Ridley Scott

“Although European thinkers see the Greeks as their intellectual forebears, the Greeks themselves looked toward the East for the sources of true wisdom-to Egypt,…

— Gananath Obeyesekere

What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from the Heroic…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.

— Nazanin Boniadi

To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.

— Basil Bunting

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

— Julian Fellowes

We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were millennia ago, and yet they still capture…

— Kit Harington

“The Romans were distinguished for their genius for law-giving and government, the Greeks for philosophy, art, and mental culture generally.”

— James Elliott

“It was important for a Roman of this period to get his Greek mythology right. Being able to identify who was who and what…

— Helen Morales