"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."

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

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

"Greek tragedy could never have flowered without Homer as its pioneer."

"Facilius esse Herculi clavam quam Homero versum subripere."

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

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

"As learned commentators view In Homer more than Homer knew."

"The poems of Homer and his contemporaries were the delight of infant Greece; they were the elements of that social sy…"