“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.”

“...The first dictionaries were glossaries of Homeric words, intended to help Romans read the Iliad and Odyssey as well as other Greek literature employing the 'archaic' Homeric vocabulary.”

“If my body is a Temple, then The Greeks and Romans ransacked it years ago”

“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness,inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology.But it is also born of the conviction that myth matters. It mattered for the ancient Greeks and Romans, and it matters for us in understanding who we are: our selves, our liberties, and our lies.”

“If ‘myth’ is a slippery term, so is ‘classical’. It is common shorthand for ‘ancient Greek and Roman’. But this shorthand has a history, and a bias.”

“We have three kinds of family 1.Those we are born to 2.Those who are born to us3.And those we let into our hearts ♥”