Quotes About Mythology

One set depicted the History of Aeneas, another the Judgment of Paris

Mesopotamian literature is concerned about the jurisdiction of the various gods in the cosmos with humankind at the bottom of the heap, the Genesis account is interested in the jurisdiction of humankind over the rest of creation as a result of the image of God in which people were created.

In the ancient Near East people were created as slaves to the gods. The world was created by the gods for the gods, and people met the needs of the gods.

every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance toward the innocent

every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance toward the innocent.

Real are the dreams of gods, and soothly pass their pleasures in a long immortal dream.

Into the wide stream came of purple hue– 'Twas Bacchus and his crew! The earnest trumpet spake, and silver thrills From kissing cymbals made a merry din– 200 'Twas Bacchus and his kin!

Where are you now? How are the nymphs? I suppose they have led you a fine dance.

In the United States, the immigrant experience occupies a very central place in American mythology. And sometimes, that place wavers between acceptance and rejection.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

Without a mythology, faith is impersonal and heartless.

In the stories, the gods have the power to delay the moon's course if they wish, to spin a single night the length of many.

That is—your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles says, sharply. Most beloved."Best of men, and slaughtered by your son.

the grudges of gods are as deathless as their flesh,

Great gods smell fear like sharks smell blood, and they will devour you for it just the same.

I had understood gods could bleed, but I had never seen it. He was one of the greatest of our kind, and the drops that fell from him were golden, smearing his back with a terrible beauty.

Gods and mortals never mixed happily in our stories.

The memories come, and come. She listens, staring into the grain of the stone. We are all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both.

For a hundred generations, I had walked the world drowsy and dull, idle and at ease. I left no prints, I did no deeds. Even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay. Then I learned that I could bend the world to my will, as a bow is bent for an arrow. I would have done that toil a thousand times to keep such power in my hands. I thought: this is how Zeus felt when he first lifted the thunderbolt.

There is nothing I can teach you. You know all that Heracles knew, and more. You are the greatest warrior of your generation, and all the generations before.

Let me give you some advice. Next time you're going to defy the gods, do it for a better reason. I'd hate to see my sister turned to cinders for nothing.

But the grudges of Gods are as deathless as their flesh...

The Gods love their monsters.

Don't you know?" she had said. "The gods love their monsters.