Top 100 Quotes About Greek Mythology
#1. Fight for faith, and hope will be born.
Nely Cab
#2. 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
#3. 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
#4. Daddy's gonna put you on a sailboat across the River Styx." "Did you just use Greek mythology to talk trash?
John Green
#5. 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
#6. Pandora's Box could not be unopened, no one could return to Eden.
Selena Kitt
#7. That is - your friend?"
"Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.
Madeline Miller
#9. 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
#10. You wanted to ride, my nasty girl, so fucking ride," Sander challenged.
Setta Jay
#11. 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
#12. 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
#13. 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
#14. It grew louder, siren crying from her the depth of very voice; Sweet melodies to
guide me to the underworld.
Chika Onyenezi
#15. Gods are cold. War, killing, and stabbing each other in the back is really what we do best.
Kendare Blake
#16. 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
#17. 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
#18. 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
#19. I wouldn't expect you to know what the word honor means anyway. But when I make a pledge, I uphold it.
Amanda Carlson
#20. The dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
Virgil
#21. 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
#22. 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
#23. 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
#24. 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
#25. 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
#26. 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
#27. You should know by now that love is never a weakness, Ares. Love is the mortal world's greatest strength.
Gina Ardito
#28. 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
#29. 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
#30. 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
#31. 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
#32. 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
#34. Take us to the in-between,
Where earth meets sky, and wake meets dream.
And time rushes by, unseen.
Take us to the infinite night,
Where up is down, and left is right,
And dark vanquishes light.
S.L. Stacy
#35. I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne!
Rick Riordan
#36. I've always been a mythology lover, and so I took a great deal of inspiration from the tales of various dark gods and popular versions of Hell from the Greeks and the Norse stories.
Michael Boatman
#38. So, Ariadne was the babe with the ball of twine and the plan.
Claire Cross
#39. Every hero is scared. That-s what being brave is about - confronting fear.
Nely Cab
#41. I'll believe that when the Underworld freezes over and Centaurs fly.
Amanda Bouchet
#42. Words were torn from him. Ones he'd never spoken, in a language long since extinct, but only they could truly convey what she was to him, how much she meant.
Eternity wouldn't be enough...
Setta Jay
#43. Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
Sophocles
#44. The pain in my heart was worse than anything I ever imagined. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. All I could feel was the void of her absence growing stronger inside me, and the panic of not ever seeing her eyes open again struck me like an iron whip.
Nely Cab
#46. Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos (Death) at his appointed hour removed us from the light of day.
Apollonius Of Rhodes
#47. You are like the winged goddess from Greek mythology. As beautiful and soaring like an angel as her". #MilanoVeneziani. #ItalianPassion:
Olga Goa
#48. I don't know why it's not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder.
Amanda Bouchet
#49. Love her enough to let her live.
Nely Cab
#50. All limits are self imposed.
Icarus
#52. You're the girl that I have been wanting. You're the girl that I could see myself with forever. And most importantly, you're the girl that I've fallen in love with.
M.S. Watson
#54. In Greek mythology, Gods divide a human soil into two and send them world apart, and thus, each human is doomed to spend eternity looking for his/her other half
Daniel Gottlieb
#55. In Springtime, O Dionysos,
To thy holy temple come,
To Elis with thy Graces,
Rushing with thy bull-foot, come,
Noble Bull, Noble Bull
Plutarch
#57. Every generation, the nine daughters of Zeus are reborn, and with their rebirth are also nine Guardians. They will be marked by the gods, and given gifts to protect his treasure. Their abilities will only be unlocked when they find their muse.
Lisa Kessler
#58. Are the legends true?" asked Cadmus. "Of course they are," replied Pan. "We live in an age of legends.
Sulari Gentill
#59. Anekico ler aracnia"
~Victory to the spider
"Ki mi ypomonitikosi teleson semerie"
~And today my patience ends
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#60. It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.
Martin Scorsese
#61. Nd why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the sea
and what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl ...
Virgil
#62. Though I knew how this failure would hurt you, I had to fold like a grey moth and let go.
You could not believe I was more than your echo.
Margaret Atwood
#63. Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!
Rick Riordan
#64. In strange ways hard to know gods come to men.
Many a thing past hope they have fulfilled,
And what was asked for went another way.
A path we never thought to tread God found for us.
So this has come to pass.
Edith Hamilton
#65. The earliest Greek philosopher's criticized Homer's mythology because the gods resembled mortals too much and were just as egotistic and treacherous.
Jostein Gaarder
#66. Life isn't fair, but death is."--Hades in The Gatekeeper's Saga
Eva Pohler
#67. There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character.
Jeremy Renner
#68. My lone desire stands, looking like beauty on a cloud, ripe for my picking, ready for me to ravish and pleasure. Waiting for me to tempt and tease. Satisfy and gratify.
A.R. Von
#69. Who are you?" I asked as he turned and headed deeper into the cavern.
"I am Fenrir the Wolf."
"I'm sorry, did you say you're a wolf?
Amanda Carlson
#70. This coming from the god who zinged Guinevere and Lancelot while King Arthur was away slaying dragons.
Tai
#71. Eyes open, Ileana," he growled. "I want you to see who's in you. Who gives you what you need.
Setta Jay
#72. All Southern women wished of their menfolk was simply to be 'like Paris handsome and like Hector brave'.
Willa Cather
#73. Traveling through space is for the birds. I'm bored ... should've brought the wife.
Poseidon, the Okeanos Pantheon.
Yelle Hughes
#75. Griffin's eyes capture mine. He holds my face in his hands. "You. Belong. With. Me.
Amanda Bouchet
#76. My whore of a brother has done it again." "Then, as always, orders me to clean up the mess." "I think I hate him." Poseidon to his brother, Zeus.
Yelle Hughes
#77. In Greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world.
Hyman Rickover
#78. I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of my passion. I hadn't heard of the books, but I was told they were very popular amongst the kids, so I got a hold of them and read them. I totally got it!
Steve Valentine
#79. NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology.
Steve Sabol
#80. A soul could be resurrected and re-born to another body, its memories restored, but once the house it belonged to had been emptied, they could no longer call it home."~Taznikos Abyssos
Yelle Hughes
#81. I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a lot of mythological monsters already. Sometimes I still use books and Web sites to research, though. Every time I research Greek mythology, I learn something new!
Rick Riordan
#82. I can't reason when I'm around you.
Nely Cab
#83. The Order of the Titans had agreed with his assessment. This generation, the Order would be successful where previous generations had failed, because this time they would steal mankind's inspiration. They would kill the muses for the greater good ...
For the good of mankind.
Lisa Kessler
#84. Simple. Atlantis can't be found." He scoffed at her. " You're the second person to tell me that in less than an hour.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#85. In a battle of wills, of the gods of old. For each his revenge, will he forfeit his soul. On the chess board of blood, will their narrative play. aged, innocent lives, revenge claims her way. Out of hate will come love, and love will come hate. For immortal and man, have entwined their damned fate.
L.A. Starkey
#86. Hero," he said softly, in a manner that was much like his father's. "Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks and the Trojans. We are of the Herdsmen.
Sulari Gentill
#87. Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
Aeschylus
#88. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings.
Kara Swisher
#89. I'm going to destroy you, princess. I'll toy with you, tempt you, and give you everything you never knew to ask for.
Setta Jay
#90. Stay with me?" His fingers wound into my hair, and his arm tightened around me. "Always.
Amalia Carosella
#91. I sighed. "Would it be too much to ask that Asgard be peaceful? Made up of big, fluffy clouds, serenity, and lots of hot yoga?
Amanda Carlson
#92. One small hand lifted to the shower head and he stilled. He'd yet to see her skin; the dragon had claimed her on scent alone.
Setta Jay
#93. 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.'
Isabelle Fuhrman
#94. She covered his hand with hers over her abdomen. His was so much bigger than hers and had probably fired guns, rifles, and god knew what else, but right here, right now, his tenderness broke down her will as sure as any grenade.
Lisa Kessler
#95. It's no secret that I've always had an interest in mythology. Whether it's Arthurian or ancient Greek or even Marvel universe. I've always connected with it on some level.
Nicolas Cage
#96. Since my trips to Earth, I've only managed to assemble a few basics facts about humans, condensing them in to four, overall points: kids got Reese's, teens got recess, adults got recessions, and seniors got receding.
Tai
#98. It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.
Sulari Gentill
#99. She wore an A-line bridal gown with a V-shaped neckline while Apollo playing Bach's Air on the G string.
Tai
#100. Something has got to hold it together. I'm saying my prayers to Elmer, the Greek god of glue.
Tom Robbins
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