Best Greek Mythology Quotes

#1. Io, Europa, Ganimedes puer, atque Calisto
lascivo nimium perplacuere Iovi.
(Io, Europa, the boy Ganymede, and Callisto greatly pleased lustful Jupiter.)
[Marius naming Jupiter's moons]

Simon Marius

#2. Hunter walked out of the waves, and without any pretense, he wrapped her in his arms. She looked up at him, her eyes searing his.

He bent his head lower, his voice a raspy whisper. "I've never met anyone like you.

Lisa Kessler

#3. He crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't get why you push everyone away."

"This isn't the time to talk about this."

"Should I set up an office visit?

Lisa Kessler

#4. I can feel you watching me." Her breathy voice slid over him and it felt like her fingers were running over his hard cock. How the fuck was her voice alone able to rule his dick?

Setta Jay

#5. Classical mythology is a catalogue of indescribable cruelty: [ ... ] It is a world dominated by evil, where even the most beautiful beings carry out atrocities.

Umberto Eco

#6. In Poetry class, Professor Sappho teaches us how to compose love ballads. She's a swell teacher and all but I'm not sure I understand her. She's always going on and on about her weekend trips with the other goddesses to the island of Lesbos.

Tai

#7. You should know by now that love is never a weakness, Ares. Love is the mortal world's greatest strength.

Gina Ardito

#8. It's all very Greek, isn't it?" I quipped. "Prophecies, tragedies, destinies. Just like in all those old mythology books we read over the years." Fletcher shrugged. "Hard to beat the classics.

Jennifer Estep

#9. She kissed his chest. "Thanks for letting me into your heart."
He tucked her hair behind her ear. "You walked in like you had a key.

Lisa Kessler

#10. I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

Brendan Fraser

#11. The signs of the old flame, I know them well.
I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me down
or the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,
the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,
before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.

Virgil

#12. A freezing cold underground river. A dark cave lit by ghosts. A man too stupid to realize you loved him. This is what you want?"
"All of it. Especially the very stupid man.

Molly Ringle

#13. His warm breath hit my neck, and my toes curled. "That may be true," he murmured, "but I'm pretty sure there's a wolf inside you, too. Here, let me help you find it."
I turned, falling into his arms, his lips meeting mine, both of us hungry.
At least one thing would go right today.

Amanda Carlson

#14. The dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.

Virgil

#15. I wouldn't expect you to know what the word honor means anyway. But when I make a pledge, I uphold it.

Amanda Carlson

#16. Hades does not have a runny nose. I know this. The entire Greek pantheon no doubt knows this. For some reason, my nose is unaware of this basic fact of mythology.

Thomm Quackenbush

#17. Fight for faith, and hope will be born.

Nely Cab

#18. I turn back to Griffin. His expression is stony and unreadable, although if I had to take a wild guess, I'd say it was tending toward ominous.

Amanda Bouchet

#19. Gods are cold. War, killing, and stabbing each other in the back is really what we do best.

Kendare Blake

#20. It grew louder, siren crying from her the depth of very voice; Sweet melodies to
guide me to the underworld.

Chika Onyenezi

#21. Nosoi?" Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. "You know, I keep thinking, I have now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to end."
"You haven't killed me yet," I noted.
"Don't tempt me.

Rick Riordan

#22. The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

Ernie Isley

#23. I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and let the dark blood flow. Then there gathered the spirits of the dead, brides and unwed youths, old men worn out by labour, and tender maidens with hearts still new to sorrow.

Homer

#24. You wanted to ride, my nasty girl, so fucking ride," Sander challenged.

Setta Jay

#25. I'm a sucker for a guy with scars, so for your protection, we should probably stick to the case."
"I'm not scared.

Lisa Kessler

#26. Greek mythology has always been my Achilles elbow.

Adrian McKinty

#27. That is - your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.

Madeline Miller

#28. Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden.

Selena Kitt

#29. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

J.K. Rowling

#30. Daddy's gonna put you on a sailboat across the River Styx." "Did you just use Greek mythology to talk trash?

John Green

#31. Like mythology, Greek philosophy has a tendency to personify ideas. And the Sophist is not merely a teacher of rhetoric for a fee of one or fifty drachmae (Crat.), but an ideal of Plato's in which the falsehood of all mankind is reflected.

Plato

#32. The nine Greek Muses, awakened again for this generation of man and meant to inspire mankind forward in the sciences and the arts.

Lisa Kessler