"Apollonius Rhodius [shrouded] in long-drawn sweetness the inanity of his soul."

"Αἱ δ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἠμαθόεντος ἐπισχεδὸν αἰγιαλοῖο παρθενικαί, δίχα κόλπον ἐπ᾽ ἰξύας εἱλίξασαι σφαίρῃ ἀθύρουσιν περιηγέι· αἱ …"

"Αἵδε δ᾽ ἀοιδαὶ εἰς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος γλυκερώτεραι εἶεν ἀείδειν ἀνθρώποις."

"Ἐπείτοιγε καὶ ἄπτωτος ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ἐν τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις ποιητὴς ... ἆῤ οὖν Ὅμηρος ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ Ἀπολλώνιος ἐθέλοις γενέσ…"

"Apollonius Rhodius was a great grammarian, as well as a poet."

"If the sublime be the characteristic of Homer, the romantic is that of Apollonius; and in nature and tenderness he ne…"

"If Homer sometimes nods, Apollonius may be said to be only occasionally awake, though his long fits of somnolency are…"

"The Harpies swooped down through the clouds and snatched the food from his mouth and hands with their beaks, sometime…"

"Ἡ δὲ νέον κρήνης ἀνεδύετο καλλινάοιο νύμφη ἐφυδατίη· τὸν δὲ σχεδὸν εἰσενόησεν κάλλεϊ καὶ γλυκερῇσιν ἐρευθόμενον χαρίτ…"

"Αἶψα δὲ κούρη ἔμπαλιν ὄμματ᾽ ἔνεικε, καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν, μὴ φόνον ἀθρήσειε κασιγνήτοιο τυπέντος."