"Of all the gods who tread the spangled skies, Thou most unjust, most odious in our eyes! Inhuman discord is thy dire …"

"The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king."

"Even in thy tent I’ll seize the blooming prize, Thy loved Briseïs with the radiant eyes. Hence shalt thou prove my mi…"

"Proud is the heart of kings, fostered of heaven; for their honour is from Zeus, and Zeus, god of counsel, loveth them."

"El abismo llama al abismo"

"Notwithstanding the veneration due and paid to Homer, it is very strange, yet true, that among the most learned, and …"

"Facilius esse Herculi clavam quam Homero versum subripere."

"His gods are perhaps at once absurd and entertaining."

"But how did you come to have this skill about Homer only, and not about Hesiod or the other poets? Does not Homer spe…"

"Are vitality and creativity somehow connected with bellicosity? Could there have been Greek civilisation without this…"