Greek Gods Quotes

“Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control traffic.”
You both sound like my mother,” I said.
Shut up!” they both said in union.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“He fixed his dark eyes on her. 'I am Kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome you to my city.' He held up the covered platter. ' Also, I brought a Bundt cake.'

Piper glanced at her friends. 'A trick?'

'Probably?' Annabeth said.

'At least he brought dessert.' Percy smiled down at the snake guys. 'Welcome aboard!”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.”
― Esther Friesner, Nobody's Princess

“At the end of the hall stood a walnut door with a bronze plaque:

ASCLEPIUS

MD, DMD, DME, DC, DVS, FAAN, OMG, EMT, TTYL, FRCP, ME, IOU, OD, OT, PHARMD, BAMF, RN, PHD, INC., SMH

There may have been more acronyms in the list, but by that point Leo's brain had exploded.”
― Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus

“The wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.' He left me alone to think about that. And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.”
― Homer

“Upon my word, just see how mortal men always put the blame on us gods! We are the source of evil, so they say - when they have only their own madness to think if their miseries are worse than they ought to be.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“The Greek gods had personalities like those of humans and struggled with one another for position and power. They did not love humans (although some had favorites) and did not ask to be loved by them. They did not impose codes of behavior. They expected respect and honor but coud act contrary to human needs and desires.”
― Barry B. Powell, Classical Myth

“I make a show of smoothing down my hair – a lost cause at this point. “Ah, that. It’s getting to the stage where it deserved a name. The Knotted Nest? The Twisted Tresses?”
“What about the Terrible Tangle?”
I nod. “That has serious possibilities.”
“The Matted Mess?” he suggests.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods?”
― Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis

“We would have to think the gods had no minds, to pray for murderers.”
― Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis

“Agaue was foaming at the mouth; her rolling eyes
Were wild; she was not in her right mind, but possessed”
― Euripides, The Bacchae and Other Plays

“How is it that I am completely naked while you haven’t shed even one stitch of clothing?”
“Because you were dinner, Rebecca.”
A snort escaped, mixing with her laughter. “Remind me to have dinner with you more often. I have been missing out.”
“You? What about me?”
― Krystal Shannan, Open House

“Fame has taken the place of religion in the 21st century. The Beyoncés and the Brangelinas of our world filling the void left by the gods and heroes of antiquity. But like most cliches, there's an element of truth to it. And the gods of old were merciless. For every Theseus who slays the Minotaur and returns home in triumph, there's an Ariadne abandoned on the isles of Naxos. There's an Aegeus, casting himself into the ocean at the sight of a black sail...In another life, I like to think that Luc O'Donnell and I might've worked out. In the short time I knew him, I saw a man with an endless potential trapped in a maze he couldn't even name. And from time to time, I think how many tens of thousands like him there must be in the world. Insignificant on a planet of billions, but a staggering number when considered as a whole. All stumbling about, blinded by reflected glory, never knowing where to step, or what to trust. Blessed and cursed by the Midas touch of our digital era divinity.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material

“I huff. Sort of. “Well, would Your Logicalness care to take me to breakfast and tell me about his plans?”
… “Would your Nakedness care to get dressed first?” he asks.”
― Amanda Bouchet, Breath of Fire

“Are we Greeks, or are we barbarians?”
― Pietros Maneos

“I'm too old to be sixteen again!”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

“Some places are so dark that even dreams cannot flourish there. I warned you once, queen, to be careful, and I will repeat this warning now. Take care not to venture too far into the darkness, for men have gotten lost and never found their way back. How much more valuable would a queen be to the monsters that lurk in the shadows."
-Hypnos”
― Heidi Hastings, Hades and Persephone: The Golden Blade

“They knew what powerful sons did to their fathers - Zeus' thunderbolts still smell of singed flesh and patricide.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“She has been a god too long to remember how to kneel.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“A fly may light upon a rock; but what does the rock, which has seen whole ages since the morning when gods strode from hill to hill, care for a fly, the creature of a summer?”
― Gene Wolfe, Latro in the Mist

“THE MUSES

Calliope (Cal-LIE-oh-pee) Muse of Epic Poetry
Clio (CLEE-oh) Muse of History
Melpomene (Mel-PAH-muh-nee) Muse of Tragedy
Terpsichore (Terp-SIC-or-ree) Muse of Dance
Thalia (THAL-ee-uh) Muse of Comedy

GODS OF TITANOMACHY

Mnemosyne (NEM-AH-suh-nee) Goddess of Memory
Ouranos Her Father
Gaea Her Mother
Cronus Her Brother
Rhea Cronus's Wife
Themis and PhoebeMnemosyne's Sisters
Prometheus and Epimetheus Mnemosyne's Nephews”
― Farrah Rochon, Bemused

“The corner of Chance's mouth curled up, revealing a dimple in his cheek. Pulling Jonathan closer, he stared into his blue eyes as if searching for something. 'What are you?”
― Kenneth Creech, Fate, Coincidence, and Other Curse Words

“Then you would be fine if I told you I think you’re adorable and you have a nice butt? And with you sitting there like that, it’s taking everything in my power not to just push you back on your bed, hold you in my arms, and kiss you . . . ?”
― Kenneth Creech, Fate, Coincidence, and Other Curse Words

“She’d told him she was asexual at the end of ninth grade—and when he told her he thought he’d never find a boyfriend, she’d told him she was also aromantic and had no desire to date. Early in their freshman year, she’d gone on dates with Jade Miller and Keenan Price just to be nice, but she told them after one date that she didn’t feel a connection.”
― Kenneth Creech, Fate, Coincidence, and Other Curse Words

“They [, the Greek Gods,] do what they please, and their society is what human society would be if men could follow their desires without risk of failure.”
― Cecil Maurice Bowra, The Greek Experience

“ΓΟΛΣ is a rotational language where truth is invariant and symbols are executable states of order.”
― Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“Wandering eyes are often trying to convey the ineffable.”
― Omer Farid, The Incarnate