Olympus Quote by Horace Download Open image “To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]” — Horace ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Olympus
“Goliath the giant was, then, a Greek; certainly he was of Cretan descent, and so a Pelasgian.” — Leonard William King Copy Share Image
“Αἰσχύλον Εὐφορίωνος Ἀθηναῖον τόδε κεύθει μνῆμα καταφθίμενον πυροφόροιο Γέλας· ἀλκὴν δ' εὐδόκιμον Μαραθώνιον ἄλσος ἂν εἴποι καὶ βαθυχαιτήεις Μῆδος ἐπιστάμενο This gravestone covers Aeschylus,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“We were like children after larks, always on the point of catching the art, which was always getting away from us.… At last we… — Mark A. Flynn Copy Share Image
“Istam terra de fossam premat, gravisque terrus impio capiti incubet! (As for her, let her be buried deep in earth, and heavy may the… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“O Stranger, send the news home to the people of Sparta that here we Are laid to rest: the commands they gave us have… — Simonides Copy Share Image
“Aphrodite then promised Zeus that as soon as the girdle could be removed, she would reserve her flower for him. And she told him… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.] — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“With the stone question In the heads of Greek statues Who ask where their arms And legs and the tips of their noses Have… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the pedler does his pack; But, as the pedler overpress'd Unloads upon a stall to rest, Or, when he can no longer stand, Desires a friend to lend a hand, So Atlas, lest the ponderous spheres Should sink, and… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)” — Horace Copy Share Image
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace Copy Share Image
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind. — Horace Copy Share Image
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country. — Horace Copy Share Image
Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted… — Horace Copy Share Image
“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.” — Horace Copy Share Image
People in big empty places are likely to behave very much as the gods did on Olympus. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I wondered if Olympus had gone to a commercial break, or if our ratings had been any good. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Olympus is still a patriarchy. Zeus heads his royal household as jealously as Jehovah rules his harem of dull, harp-playing angels. Both are templates… — Cliff James Copy Share Image
Could truth perhaps be a woman who has reasons for not permitting her reasons to be seen? Could her name perhaps be--to speak Greek--Baubo?...… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
But you have nothing better to do with your time than harass us, do you? Go back to ruling the universe from Mount Olympus… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Olympus has been a much welcomed return to my Shakespearean roots. King Aegeus demanded a much greater range and depth that I've yet had… — Graham Shiels Copy Share Image
Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause I was… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with… — Homer Copy Share Image
It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
He struggled to breathe through the agony in his chest. The Fates were still mocking him. It must be a boring day for them… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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