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

“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 21st century has certainly seen the rape of women in wartime, but it has long been treated as an atrocious war crime, which…

— Steven Pinker

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

“Achilles pauses, looks over his shoulder at the masses of men behind him, turns back, looks past Zeus toward Olympos and the masses of…

— Dan Simmons

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory .

— François-René de Chateaubriand

“warrior hero such as Ajax, Hector or Achilles must be willing to fight in hand-to-hand combat day after day. He must be able, physically…

— C. D. C. Reeve

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

“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

“The critics say that epics have died out with Agamemnon and the goat-nursed gods; I'll not believe it. I could never deem as Payne…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or…

— Plutarch

“Who is Achilles without his tendon? Who is Samson without Delilah? Who is Oedipus without his clubfoot? Mute by design, I have been able…

— Garth Stein