Time Quote by Rick Riordan

“if Greece were a woman so sensually provocative that I must fall physically and desperately in love with her, and at the same time…

— John Fowles

If ever the Greeks needed a Trojan horse, it is now.

— Gerald Sinstadt

“Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. 'Nothing in excess,' professed the ancient Greeks.…

— Roman Payne

“What did I brood on, sitting there in the classic pose with my elbows on my knees and my chin on my hands? We…

— John Banville

“Take control of the situation. Be an alpha guy. Instead of—Hell, I don't know which letter of the Greek alphabet you're now, but it's…

— Petra F. Bagnardi

“Do all in Troy despise me?' 'That is a strong word, my sweet.' The young Queen of Sparta pulled away from her lover's arms.…

— Janell Rhiannon

“I’ve always liked it about the Greeks that they kept the violence off the stage.”

— Donna Leon

“That’s the way Greek drama worked.”

— Josephine Angelini

“Beware the Greeks when they bear gifts.”

— Colleen McCullough

The Greeks got into Troy by trying, my pretties; everything's done by trying.

— Theocritus

“How fond women are of doing dangerous things!" laughed Lord Henry. "It is one of the qualities in them that I admire most. A…

— Oscar Wilde

“...I like to see things through the lens of Greek tragedy, which teaches us, among other things, that real tragedy is never a straightforward…

— Daniel Mendelsohn