The Illiad Quotes

“These were the colloquies in heaven.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“...They never let you be famous and happy.' He lifted an eyebrow. 'I'll tell you a secret.'
'Tell me.' I loved it when he was like this.
'I'm going to be the first.' He took my palm and held it to his. 'Swear it.'
'Why me?'
'Because you're the reason. Swear it.'
'I swear it,' I said, lost in the high colour of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“One speech in't I chiefly loved.
T'was Aeneas' tale to Dido; and thereabout of it especially when he speaks of Priam's slaughter.
If it live in your memory, begin at this line”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet