Quote by David Bevington

Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods. -Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas

— Lucretius

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not,…

— Angela Carter

And Brutus is an honorable man,

— Julius Caesar

“And what did it matter that Brutus had killed a tyrant? Tyranny still existed in every heart and Rome only existed in Brutus.”

— Anonymous

“the Britons that Julius Caesar saw were to him primitive exotics with long hair, dyed bodies, and living in a society of shared wives.”

— Thomas Sowell

I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.

— Pierre Corneille

“these Romans counted their lineage through the male line, rather than sensibly through the mother; it was silly, for how could any man ever…

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“Polybius managed to attach himself to the clan and person of Scipio Aemilianus, grandson of one of the two losing consuls at Cannae,”

— Robert L. O'Connell

“There's a saying," Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“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

“I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once,…

— William Shakespeare

“What caused the gods to fall upon my family like starved lions in a Roman arena?”

— Vicky Alvear Shecter