David Bruce > Quotes

“have wanted to fight so well that I will be immortalized in poetry and song. I have wanted to fight so well that an epic poet will come along and create a poem about me that will be sung forever. That way, I will have undying kleos. People will remember my name after I am dead. I will have reputation and fame. I want to be remembered after my death. I want my name to live on after I die. I want to be remembered as a great warrior who slaughtered many other warriors.”
― David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose

“All mortals need to decide how to live their lives. Warriors believe that since we are mortals and we will die, the best way to live our lives is to fight bravely and gain undying kleos. Maybe we are wrong.”
― David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose

“The immortality of the soul is worthless. The only meaningful kind of immortality is kleos.”
― David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose

“The gods are very dangerous, and they can do bad things to human beings.”
― David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose

“Timê is gifts of honor. After a city has been captured, what is inside the city is given out as gifts of honor. If a warrior has fought bravely, that warrior will get timê. An important kind of timê is a sex-slave.”
― David Bruce, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose