Lactantius Quotes

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.

I loved the myths of ancient Greece and Egypt.

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.

Herodotus was more like the world’s first blogger than an objective historian. He blends events, myths, anecdotes, hearsay into a great story. But nobody in their right mind believes it’s all true.

Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.

I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of 'The Hunger Games.'

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

The ancient world is always accessible, no matter what culture you come from. I remember when I was growing up in India and I read the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey.'

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang?

If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real animals, real people, real light attending everything.

All men begin their learning with Homer.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

I love Greek mythology, I love gladiators, I love war stuff.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

I'm very at home working with mythology.

Gallant heroes lived before Agamemnon, not a few; but on all alike, unwept and unknown, eternal night lies heavy because they lack a sacred poet.