Achilles Quote by Cedric H Whitman

“This, the only occasion in the Iliad when furious Achilles smiles serves as a bittersweet reminder of the difference real leadership could have made…

— Caroline Alexander

“You think Achilles was of impressive descent? Touch me one more time. Maybe it’s time we found out what the daughter of the mightiest…

— Elisabeth Hewer

While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice…

— Tim O'Reilly

There is a wonderful passage in the Odyssey where Odysseus meets the ghost of Achilles in Hades. They are profoundly courteous to each other.…

— Cedric H Whitman

To the semidivine hero, the mere fact of ruling over more men does not constitute greatness, and as for glory from Zeus, Achilles will…

— Cedric H Whitman

“But you see, Crumb, it is hard to give up what you have worked at since you were a boy. There were some Italian…

— Hilary Mantel

“What mostly happens in the Iliad is that Achilles has a hissy fit because Agamemnon has stolen a slave girl of his, sulks in…

— Caroline Taggart

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

“The author of IRR, who worshipped the King, said he had the valor of Hector, the magnanimity of Achilles, the liberality of Titus, the…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean…

— Orson Scott Card

“I recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, 'To my beloved…

— George MacDonald Fraser

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson