Greece Quote by Madeline Miller

“He was close enough so that I could see his face clearly, even with his helmet's cheek flaps tied tightly under his bearded chin.…

— Ben Bova

Now you know who your fighting Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles.

— Kevin McCarty

“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

“Hector’s smile was the anticipation of another man’s pain. Primo”

— Walter Mosley

“Hector had no virtue?” “Of course he did. He won all his battles, till the last one.” “We all do,” Aeneas remarked.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“You faced him down like a seasoned warrior," he [Hector] says. "Only because I had your daggers at my back.”

— Rae Carson

“he liked picking Hector’s brains on international subjects, or rather, allowing Hector’s brains to flow over him in a glowing lava of thought.”

— Nancy Mitford

“And let Apollo drive Prince Hector back to battle, breathe power back in his lungs, make him forget the pain that racks his heart.…

— Homer

“With him died a story That will not be retold: How, forsaking glory, Achilles grows old While Hector dusts his trophies Behind high walls-…

— R.S. Gwynn

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

— Ovid

“Upon the earth appear'd, weeping, they bore Brave Hector out; and on the fun'ral pile Laying the glorious dead, applied the torch.”

— Homer

“But you see, Crumb, it is hard to give up what you have worked at since you were a boy. There were some Italian…

— Hilary Mantel