History Quote by Nic Fields

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a…

— George Saintsbury

Iliad by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was my projection…

— Brad Pitt

“...but which of us has read every line of the Iliad, or the Aeneid, or The Divine Comedy, or Paradise Lost? Only men of…

— Will Durant

'Macbeth' is an amazing story.

— Andy Serkis

The basic story of "The Iliad" seems not even very servicable, for it has few parallels anywhere.

— Cedric H Whitman

It's hard to write a war story without thinking about the 'Iliad.' Because the 'Iliad' knows everything about war.

— Chang-Rae Lee

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad'…

— Denis O'Hare

[Macbeth] is historically set in a place depicted by Shakespeare as brutal and violent, incredibly superstitious, and that's something that I do believe is…

— James McAvoy

Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare.... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare.

— Victor Hugo

“His tales took on the form of an epic poem, and I felt I was hearing some Canadian Homer reciting his Iliad of the…

— Jules Verne

We just don't need any more 'Macbeth's in the world, however brilliant mine might turn out to be.

— John Tiffany

Let us also once more rejoice in, and thank God for, the fact that we know nothing about Homer, and practically nothing about Shakespeare.

— George Saintsbury