Iliad – Quotes

Go over to Greece

Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It’s very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there’s not much reason to. Elie Wiesel

For all the import

For all the import and message of ‘The Iliad,’ it’s ultimately a story that’s meant to be heard, and the person hearing ‘The Iliad’ determines what it means. Denis O’Hare

I heard about Bhagavad

I heard about Bhagavad Gita very early in my childhood, from the age of five onwards. It was one of the earliest things I started to read when I started to read. And it was very much a part of my consciousness. In the beginning, I saw the Bhagavad Gita as a text that was … Read more

No ancient story, not

No ancient story, not even Homer’s Iliad or Odyssey, has remained as popular through the course of time. The story of Rama appears as old as civilization and has a fresh appeal for every generation. David Frawley

I was more worn

I was more worn out with the “Odyssey” than it was with the “Iliad.” I mean, just comparing those two – you can see how it’s changing, how the language of the “Iliad” is somehow monstrously new – and that language of the “Odyssey” is more comfortable, even for us. Anne Carson

I have always known

I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad. Andre Dubus

If you put a

If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, youll see something of the difference between Homers poetry and anyone elses. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the Iliad, real animals, real people, real light attending everything. Alice Oswald