Quotes About History

I'd been to the British museum before. In fact I've been in more museums than I like to admit—it makes me sound like a total geek. [That's Sadie in the background, yelling I am a total geek. Thanks, Sis.]

Please tell me your master isn't Aeolus. That airhead? Favonius snorted. No, of course not. He means Eros. Nico's voice turned edgy. Cupid, in Latin. Favonius smiled. Very good, Nico di Angelo. I'm glad to see you again, by the way. It's been a long time.

Patterns repeat themselves in history

What's the big deal with Bejamin Frankin, anyway? I mean, so the guy invented electricity or whatever. That was hundreds of years ago. He didn't invent electricity, Amy said, trying not to sound too annoyed.He discovered that lightning was the same stuff as electicity. He invented lightning rods to protect buildings and experimented with batteries and- I do that. Have you ever put one on your tounge?

For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.

That's Narmer with the spoon," I guessed. "Angry because the other bloke stole his breakfast cereal?

Relax, Chiron told me. Keep a clear head. And remember, you may be about to prevent the biggest war in human history. Relax, I said. I'm very relaxed.

I still don't get it Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. They named a whole town after Leo's table? I think the town was here first, Coach Nico said.

The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands of years." "Yeah," I said. "And now they're gone.

Gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history.

No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and background notes on the construction of the magical headquarters of the House of Life. I will spare you that pain. It's big. It's full of magic. It's underground. There. Sorted.

Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve a girl's necklace. Then there was that Israelite fellow, Mickey. Moses? Yeah, him.

We passed hieroglyphic scrolls, gold jewelry, sarcophagi, statues of pharaohs, and huge chunks of limestone. Why would someone display a rock? Aren't there enough of those in the world?

You can't swing a cat in Ancient Greece without hitting one of Zeus's ex-girlfriends.

Amy gritted her teeth. King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot! Jonah looked at his dad. Do we have souvenir chamber pots? No. His dad whipped out his phone. I'll make the call.

Myths are simply stories about truths we've forgotten.

I want a room decorated with bones! Dan said. Where'd they come from? Cemeteries, Amy said. Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all their bones–and move them into the Catacombs. The thing is...look at the dates. See when they started moving bones into the Catacombs? Dan squinted at the screen. He didn't see what she was talking about. Is it my birthday?

What about King Tut's tomb?" I protested. "That boy king?" Zia rolled her eyes. "Boring. You should see some of the good tombs.

You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply repeat it. Humans can...how do you moderns say it...think outside the cup.

Your father is a complete___! I don't know what she called him, but I have a feeling that's when the first cuss were invented.

It seemed strange, the Muslim Maghrib prayer aboard a Viking ship full of atheists and pagans. Then again, Samirah's ancestors had been dealing with Vikings since the Middle Ages. I doubted this was the first time prayers to Allah had been said aboard a longship. The world, the worlds , were a lot more interesting because of constant intermixing.

You see gods have great power, but only humans have creativity, the power to change history rather than simply read it.

My point, Jason said, is that blaming each other isn't going to solve anything. That's how the Romans and the Greeks got divided in the first place.

Vitellius would've given Percy an hour-long lecture on the subject, probably with a PowerPoint presentation.