Island Quote by Bettany Hughes

“Meanwhile the party opposed to the traitors proved numerous enough to prevent the gates being immediately thrown open, and in concert with Eucles, the…

— Thucydides

“ The Coming of the Greeks The southern part of the Italian boot is close to Greece, and several Greek cultures influenced he cultures…

— Jean F. Blashfield

“Don’t call me ‘Helen,’” I said firmly, brushing Polydeuces’ question aside unanswered. “Helen of Sparta wouldn’t be on this ship. I’m Atalanta.” “I was…

— Esther M. Friesner

I have discovered a gem, a tiny, relatively unknown Greek island. Kastellorizo lies in the Aegean Sea a mile off the Turkish Turquoise Coast,…

— Carol Drinkwater

Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled out all…

— Joanna Lumley

“Greece is internationally famous for three reasons. First it has more islands than people. Second, it used to be a part of Turkey. Third,…

— Fatima Bhutto

“According to some theories, the legendary Atlantis, said to have sunk beneath the sea in a great cataclysm, is in actuality the Greek Island…

— Laura Brooks

Athens is the birthplace of modern tragedy. In the Greek tragic plays, the tableau of the characters would become a statue, like the statue…

— Simon Van Booy

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

— John Milton

Greece is so beautiful and inspiring.

— Joe Bonamassa

“Paris had heard of Helen of Sparta’s beauty, and though she was married to the warlike Menelaus, he immediately consented to awarding Aphrodite the…

— Charles River Editors

“Ancient Ways The Greek Isles are divided into several major chains lying in the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Ionian seas. The Cyclades chain…

— Laura Brooks