Apollonius of Rhodes > Quotes

“Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos (Death) at his appointed hour removed us from the light of day.”
― Apollonius Rhodius

“A working woman, rising before dawn to spin and needing light in her cottage room, piles brushwood on a smoldering log, and the whole heap kindled by the little brand goes up in a mighty blaze. Such was the fire of Love, stealthy but all-consuming, that swept through Medea's heart. In the turmoil of her soul, her soft cheeks turned from rose to white and white to rose.”
― Appolonius Rhodius, Jason and the Golden Fleece

“Nothing dries more quickly than a tear”
― Apollonius of Rhodes

“Her heart smoldered with pain as he passed from sight her soul crept out of her, as in a dream, and fluttered in his steps.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and Medea

“Listen then. Not everything is it lawful for you to know clearly; but whatever is heaven's will, I will not hide. I was infatuated aforetime, when in my folly I declared the will of Zeus in order and to the end. For he himself wishes to deliver to men the utterances of the prophetic art incomplete, in order that they may still have some need to know the will of heaven.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica

“With these words of prayer he threw the barley-grains. The two heroes responsible for the oxen, might Ankaios and Herakles, girded themselves in preparation. The latter crashed his club down on the middle of the forehead of one ox; in one movement its heavy body fell to the ground. Ankaios cut the other's broad neck with his bronze axe, slicing through the tough tendons; it fell sprawling over its two horns. Their comrades quickly slaughtered and flayed the oxen, chopping and cutting them up and removing the thigh pieces for sacrifice These they covered all over with a thick layer of fat and burnt them on spits, while the son of Aison poured libations of unmixed wine. Idmon rejoiced as he gazed at the flame, which burnt brightly all around the sacrifices, and the favourable omen of the murky smoke, darting up in dark spirals.”
― Apollonius Rhodius, Jason and the Golden Fleece

“Thus, though I learnt my fate from evil omens even before now, I have left my fatherland to embark on the ship, that so after my embarking fair fame may be left me in my house.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica

“And so a barrow to this hero was raised in that land, and there stands a token for men of later days to see, the trunk of a wild olive tree, such as ships are built of; and it flourishes with its green leaves a little below the Acherusian headland. And”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica

“It is a fact that we tribes of suffering men never plant our feet firmly upon the path of joy, but there is ever some bitter pain to keep company with our delight.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Golden Fleece

“The men could only offer the god the paltry sorts of things”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Argonauts

“To mortal men the gods allot woes which cannot be foreseen.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Golden Fleece

“so that the wedding would be more distinctive 1460and memorable in song.”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Argonauts

“Nysaean son”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Argonauts

“Maia’s famous son:”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, Jason and the Argonauts

“si es que tú también eres de la raza de las criaturas humanas, a las que el velocísimo pensamiento en fugaces locuras las desliza hacia la loca perdición. Así cayó apasionado mi corazón, y no por necedad”
― Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius Translated: With Notes and Observations, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory; In Four Volumes, Vols. I-II

“...and all that day and through the windless night they laboured at the indefatigable oar. They worked like oxen ploughing the moist earth. The sweat pours down from flank and neck; their rolling eyes glare out askance from under the yoke; hot blasts of breath come rumbling from their mouths; and all day long they labour, digging their hoofs into the soil. Thus the crew of Argo all through the night ploughed the salt water with their oars”
― Apollonius of Rhodes