Time Quote by Madeline Miller

“Priam and Achilles meet in the very twilight of their lives. Their extinction is certain and there will be no reward for behaving well,…

— Caroline Alexander

“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

And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles' feet as…

— Homer

“In his tent, Achilles grieved with his whole being and the gods saw he was a man already dead, a victim of the part…

— Louise Glück

“Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.”

— Madeline Miller

“Presently, he looked at the people standing round and said, "You have leave to go." They bowed out. When the lads behind him started…

— Mary Renault

“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

“Later Achilles would play the lyre, as Chiron and I listened. My mother's lyre. He had brought it with him. 'I wish I had…

— Madeline Miller

“Look north. Achilles on the rampart by the ditch: He lifts his face to 90; draws his breath; And from the bottom of his…

— Christopher Logue

“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

“Hero,” he said softly, in a manner that was much like his father’s. “Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks and the…

— Sulari Gentill

“In the last book of the Iliad (24.602ff.), Achilles urges Priam to eat: even Niobe, he says, after all her children had been slaughtered…

— Oliver Taplin