Stanley Lombardo

"We know how to tell many believable lies, But also, when we want to, how to speak the plain truth."

"Human generations are like leaves in their seasons. The wind blows them to the ground, but the tree Sprouts new ones when spring comes again. Men too. Their generations come and go."

"Whoever escapes marriage And womens harm, comes to deadly old age Without any son to support him."

"Theres no way to get around the mind of Zeus."

"Rage: Sing, Goddess, Achilles rage, Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks Incalculable pain."

"Ah, my friend, if you and I could only Get out of the war alive and then immortal and ageless all of our days, I would never again fight among the foremost Or send you into battle where men win glory. But as it is, death is everywhere In more shapes that we can count, And since no mortal is immune or can escape, Lets go forward, either to give glory To another man, or get glory from him."

"Shimmering, iridescent, deathless Aphrodite."

"Dont try to cut any deals with me, Hector. Do lions make peace treaties with men? Do wolves and lambs agree to get along?"

"And for yourself, may the gods grant you Your hearts desire, a husband and a home, And the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, When a man and woman live together With one heart and mind, bringing joy To their friends and grief to their foes."

"Your mission, Roman, is to rule the world. These will be your arts: to establish peace, To spare the humbled, and to conquer the proud."

"When the defiant boy, whose heart had never trembled, saw this girl at the head of her troop of companions he stiffened, and every bone in his body absorbed liquid fire."

"Achilles—bring back the story, Goddess, of the formidable hero descended through Aeacus from thundering Jupiter, but denied His heaven, his deeds indeed famous through Homeric song, but with much more to celebrate."