Benefits Quote by Honorius Augustodunensis

How is the soul profited by the strife of Hector, the arguments of Plato, the poems of Virgil, or the elegies of Ovid, who,…

— Honorius Augustodunensis

“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

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

— Ovid

After so many years even the fire of passion dies, and with it what was believed the light of the truth. Who of us…

— Umberto Eco

“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

“A town, a single town, and often small, and yet it was for this that Hector courted death, for this that the Spartan considered…

— Gustave Glotz

“My lord, it is Patroclus, he is dead, his armour taken.. Hector is to blame.' There was a chilling silence, then a sudden intake…

— Byrne Fone

“Ach, Hector, unser freundlicher Neandertaler." - Helen Hamilton”

— Josephine Angelini

“I was rooting about among the things for sale when I came on some old books—cheap, well-thumbed copies of the Greek and Latin classics…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Socrates, the dialectical hero of the Platonic drama, reminds us of the kindred nature of the Euripidean hero who must defend his actions with…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

— Homer

“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