Achilles Quote by Cedric H Whitman

But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time…

— Anonymous

The fact that Achilles is the one to take the initiative (in the Chryse affair) is in itself significant: he feels responsiblity and concern…

— Cedric H Whitman

Achilles' absolute, like every heroic absolute, finds its telos or fulfillment, not in dislocating the world as it is, but in self-destruction.

— Cedric H Whitman

In earlier antiquity, no doubt, the multiple and not necessarily consistent aspects of the Greek character found little difficulty in embracing spiritually, if not…

— Cedric H Whitman

The Wrath of Achilles had probably been an epic subject for generations when Homer found it, and the germ of its meaning, the conflict…

— Cedric H Whitman

Personal integrity in Achilles achieves the form and authority of immanent divinity, with its inviolable, lonely singleness, half repellent because of its almost inhuman…

— Cedric H Whitman

Across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of Homer is turned upon our age. Along the echoing corridors of time, the roar of…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired…

— Madeline Miller

“You are like Odysseus, who could go out onto the great sea, lose all his goods and his friends, come to the boundaries of…

— Gillian Bradshaw

As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind…

— Salman Rushdie

“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to chisel the…

— Sulari Gentill

It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea…

— Barry S. Strauss