Quotes about greek-mythology

Amanda Bouchet - Breath of Fire

Kato looks ill. “I… It… Me…” He stares at the massive snake. “Big.”I squeeze his arm. “Don’t worry. You’ll speak in complete sentences again soon.

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

One small hand lifted to the shower head and he stilled. He’d yet to see her skin the dragon had claimed her on scent alone.

Sulari Gentill - Chasing Odysseus

He has been known to devour men.” “He’s a cannibal?” Cadmus asked in horror. “Well, not really,” Daemon replied. “He is a Cyclops. He does not eat his own kind — just men and only those who challenge him … he does not hunt them.

Beverley Cross - Clash Of The Titans: The Official Illustrated Adaptation Of The Epic Film Of The Yearp

How may a mortal, face and defeat the Kraken

Steven L. Sheppard - The Untold Story Of Narcissus And Echo

Oh, Narcissus! My heart beats ink for you.A pulse in every line.It's your eyesmy words want to be read by,your kind of mindthey would be understood by,your heartthey'd be felt by,and then you'd feel the same way that I do,if only these words could be read or heard by you.

Steven L. Sheppard - Byblis And Caunus

He's at war with himself. Why doesn't he surrender to his feelings and stop fighting himself? He has hang-ups that I must cut him loose from.

Steven L. Sheppard - The Untold Story Of Iphis And Ianthe

You really are exotic, for boys in my country, they do not have such pectorals. I like yours.

Steven L. Sheppard - Byblis And Caunus

I think I know what he is REALLY doing in there... and thinking about ME while doing it." (continuing) "But when he thinks of me, he thinks: sister! Think: Byblis! BYBLIS! I don't think of him as my brother, I think of him as CAUNUS!

Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams - Pheme the Gossip

She was the goddess of gossip and rumor, not the goddess of thoroughly fact-checked information. Some people, Principal Zeus included, didn't seem to realize that gossip wasn't, and never would be, an exact science. It was more of an art, really.

Simon Marius -

Io, Europa, Ganimedes puer, atque Calistolascivo nimium perplacuere Iovi.(Io, Europa, the boy Ganymede, and Callisto greatly pleased lustful Jupiter.)[Marius naming Jupiter's moons]

Erin O'Riordan - Cut

The sun, the moon, the ocean– these were all the children of Ouranos and Gaia. They had hundreds more, and they were the grandparents of the gods and of human beings. Ouranos didn’t make any of this out of nothing, and neither did God. There had to be a wife.

Steven L. Sheppard - Byblis And Caunus

Follow your heart, not the law.

Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper

The constellation she's named after tells the story of a princess, who was shackled to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster--punishment for her mother Casseopeia, who had bragged to Poseidon about her own beauty. Perseus, flying by, fell in love with Andromeda and saved her. In the sky, she's pictured with her arms outstretched and her hands chained.

Setta Jay - Ecstasy Unbound

Keep eating me up with those eyes, little Goddess, and I’ll be so deep inside that hot little pussy you won’t remember what you came here for.

Michael Ben Zehabe - A Commentary on Jonah

The Greeks were more preoccupied with, where these ousted gods resided. That is: The fallen son's of God could go where humans were, but humans could not go where they were. According to Greek mythology, Tartarus was an imposed condition for bad gods--not bad humans. (page 10)

Steven L. Sheppard - The Untold Story Of Pyramus And Thisbe

Oh, is that right? You know, a lioness will protect her cub by baring her teeth, by roaring, using her claws to defend her cub if she feels she has to - this mother, has other means. You are standing in the way of my daughter's best interests. If you try to pick our peach from our family tree, you will be picking a fight. Do you understand me?

Tai - Love god in Training

Since my trips to Earth, I've only managed to assemble a few basics facts about humans, condensing them in to four, overall points: kids got Reese's, teens got recess, adults got recessions, and seniors got receding.

Tai - Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

She wore an A-line bridal gown with a V-shaped neckline while Apollo playing Bach's Air on the G string.

John N. Gray - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear has anything to do with moral dilemmas. Nor have the greatest Greek tragedies. If Euripides is the most tragic of the Greek playwrights, it is not because he deals with moral conflicts but because he understood that reason cannot be the guide of life.

Rick Riordan - The Mark of Athena

THE MARK OF ATHENA BABY!!!!!!

Gian-Carlo Rota -

Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public misunderstanding.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

He crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't get why you push everyone away.""This isn't the time to talk about this.""Should I set up an office visit?

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

He shook his head. "Those waves are begging us to ride them. Talking can wait.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

I thought when you finally kissed me, I'd be able to walk away." He shook his head, his voice lowering to a throaty whisper. "I was dead wrong.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

Hunter scooped her up into his arms as if she weighed nothing and carried her over to the bed. He laid her down and then moved behind her to spoon her, his arm holding her close to his chest. His lips brushed her ear. "Before you push me away, you have my word that once you're asleep, I'll go in the other room, okay?" ...Without moving, she whispered into the darkness, "What if I don't want you to go?

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

Hunter walked out of the waves, and without any pretense, he wrapped her in his arms. She looked up at him, her eyes searing his.He bent his head lower, his voice a raspy whisper. "I've never met anyone like you.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

I'm the king of bad ideas.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

Man..." He blew out an exasperated breath. "Do you push everyone away this hard, or is it just me?

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

He pressed his lips to her shoulder, whispering along her soft skin, "I'm right where I want to be.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

If we're not naked soon, I'm going to lose my fucking mind.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

That kiss...""You've already given me better than I've ever had.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

She covered his hand with hers over her abdomen. His was so much bigger than hers and had probably fired guns, rifles, and god knew what else, but right here, right now, his tenderness broke down her will as sure as any grenade.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

I love surfing, but ---" his gaze wandered over the thin sheet covering her body before he met her eyes again " --- no wave could ever compete with you.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

You make me want to be.

Lisa Kessler - Legend of Love

You're a good man, Hunter.

S.L. Stacy - Relapse

Take us to the in-between,Where earth meets sky, and wake meets dream.And time rushes by, unseen.Take us to the infinite night,Where up is down, and left is right,And dark vanquishes light.

S.L. Stacy - Relapse

Victoria was so wrong about me. I expected them to put me first, above everyone else.I am selfish. I am weak. I am bad.And I need Jasper. I need him like I need air to breathe. No—somehow, that cliché doesn’t seem quite right. He’s more like a shot of whiskey after a hard day. A burst of heroin in my burning veins.He is my drug. My ambrosia.I can’t live without him.

S.L. Stacy - Reborn

Sisters we gather,In answer to the call,To fulfill our destinyAs guardians this side of the wall.“Where the fabric wears thin,And our enemy’s at hand,We must thrust him backInto his own land.“We honor our legacyAnd before the night is done,Sisters past, present and futureWill unite as one.

Lisa Kessler - Light of the Spirit

Lia pulled back, moonlight dancing in her dark eyes. “If you’re trying to make me go easy on you, it won’t work.”Cooper's teeth brushed her lower lip. “No way. Just getting an early taste of my prize.”She grinned. “I feel like I’ve already won.”He kissed her once more, whispering, “I know I have.

Lisa Kessler - Lure of Obsession

She kissed his chest. "Thanks for letting me into your heart." He tucked her hair behind her ear. "You walked in like you had a key.

Lisa Kessler - Lure of Obsession

Every generation, the nine daughters of Zeus are reborn, and with their rebirth are also nine Guardians. They will be marked by the gods, and given gifts to protect his treasure. Their abilities will only be unlocked when they find their muse.

Lisa Kessler - Lure of Obsession

Scars and a thrill seeker. Gods help her...

Lisa Kessler - Lure of Obsession

The Order of the Titans had agreed with his assessment. This generation, the Order would be successful where previous generations had failed, because this time they would steal mankind's inspiration. They would kill the muses for the greater good.... For the good of mankind.

Amanda Carlson - Struck

I nodded to Sam. "I'll just clean up these boxes and meet you out on the floor." Macy's didn't mess around their shoe department in New York. It spanned two floors, and it was always busy. "Okay," she relented. "If you're not out in ten minutes, I'm coming back to find you." "Got it. I was relieved when she finally walked out of the stock room. I wanted to forget this craziness had ever occurred. Tom bent over to help me as I gathered up the errant shoes. "Dude," he said, "can I touch your arm?

Amanda Carlson - Struck

CA-CAW. CA-CAW. I shrieked and hit the floor. Okay, maybe I needed a little protecting. "Use your spear, Ingrid!" I gestured wildly at the ornate weapon. "That bird is not going back out that window without a fight. Hurry, before it pecks us to death!" Instead of impaling the flying beast with her spear, Ingrid chuckled warmly. "Huggie, it's nice to see you again."--- "If they get to you before I can get you to the Valkyrie stronghold, you'll either be killed or tossed into one of the Nine World

Amanda Carlson - Struck

Who are you?" I asked as he turned and headed deeper into the cavern. "I am Fenrir the Wolf." "I'm sorry, did you say you're a wolf?

Amanda Carlson - Struck

My name is Phoebe Meadows." I covered my nakedness again with my arms. "I know it's a little late for this, since I'm currently lying butt naked in your arms, and you've already saved my life three times, but now is better than never. You can call me Phoebe if you like.

Lisa Kessler - Light of the Spirit

When you can inspire a muse, you've got it going on.

Amanda Bouchet - Breath of Fire

I don’t know why it’s not universally acknowledged that looking back is a terrible idea. It only makes going forward that much harder.

Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth

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, whe

Setta Jay - Hidden Ecstasy

Yield, and I'll eat your little pussy... first.

A.R. Von - Envy's Curse

My lone desire stands, looking like beauty on a cloud, ripe for my picking, ready for me to ravish and pleasure. Waiting for me to tempt and tease. Satisfy and gratify.

Aeschylus - Agamemnon

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

Kendare Blake - Antigoddess

Gods are cold. War, killing, and stabbing each other in the back is really what we do best.

Amanda Bouchet - Breath of Fire

His gaze hits mine with the force of a battering ram. He looks… appalled. “I-I won’t do this. I can’t… be with you.

Rick Riordan - The Blood of Olympus

But too much love is poison, especially when that love is not returned

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

You wanted to ride, my nasty girl, so fucking ride,” Sander challenged.

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

I can feel you watching me." Her breathy voice slid over him and it felt like her fingers were running over his hard cock. How the fuck was her voice alone able to rule his dick?

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was, but fuck, she was completely wrecking his ability to be easy with her. She was using her power and strength in a way that riled his beast.

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

I can feel you watching me." Her breathy voice slid over him and felt like her fingers were running over his hard cock. How the fuck was her voice alone able to rule his dick?

Setta Jay - Searing Ecstasy

Wild need slipped into his mind as she moaned into his mouth and he fucking loved how greedy she was, but fuck, she was completely wrecking his ability to be easy with her. She was using her power and strength in a way that riled his beast. Mine, she growled into the link as her thighs tightened around his hips.

Amalia Carosella - Helen of Sparta

Perhaps Zeus was king, but I was Spartan, a princess twice over, and queen of Athens besides. I knew my duty. And I would rule my own fate.

Amalia Carosella - Helen of Sparta

Stay with me?” His fingers wound into my hair, and his arm tightened around me. “Always.

Rick Riordan - The Mark of Athena

Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of thing. After all those labors I had to complete for my evil cousin Eurystheus, well...I don't want to be that guy, you know?

Rick Riordan - The Hidden Oracle

Nosoi?” Percy planted his feet in a fighting stance. “You know, I keep thinking, I have now killed every single thing in Greek mythology. But the list never seems to end.”“You haven’t killed me yet,” I noted.“Don’t tempt me.

Joan Holub - Athena the Brain

It's one of my inventions-a shampoo," Athena explained. "Anyway, I didn't know it would do"-she gestured toward the snakes-"that.

Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles

That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.

Virgil - The Aeneid

...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.

Thomas Henry Huxley - The Evolution Of Theology: An Anthropological Study

In order to get over the ethical difficulties presented by the naive naturalism of many parts of those Scriptures, in the divine authority of which he firmly believed, Philo borrowed from the Stoics (who had been in like straits in respect of Greek mythology), that great Excalibur which they had forged with infinite pains and skill—the method of allegorical interpretation. This mighty 'two-handed engine at the door' of the theologian is warranted to make a speedy end of any and every moral or in

Tai - Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

This coming from the god who zinged Guinevere and Lancelot while King Arthur was away slaying dragons.

Josh Strnad - Pantheon

He shook his head again. “I’m afraid I don’t feel much of anything these days. Especially not hope. I have no time or energy to waste on false wishes and dreams that won’t come true.”“Hope isn’t about ignorant wishing.” She surprised even herself with herdefensive backlash. “Hope is about believing—believing there are betterthings in store for us if we just wait for them. It’s about understanding we’re not left completely on our own here, regardless of the way things appear.”Lamont snorted. “Tha

Tai - Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

Even Cronus, the Titan who literally had his kids for breakfast, would find these facts hard to swallow.

Amanda Carlson - Struck

He was here. Nice to have someone to hold my hand in the end. "Valkyrie, I need to lift you. This is going to hurt." His arms slid underneath my body. I screamed. Almost gone. I struggled. Needed to tell him not to worry. It wasn't his fault. Don't bother trying to save me. Hurts too much. "What is it, Valkyrie? You have to stop struggling." His head hovered above my mouth. "There's nothing... left to save.

A.R. Von - Envy's Curse

I feel his body pressed against mine. His heat burns against my flesh; searing, seducing. Permanently making it his.

Rosamund Hodge - Cruel Beauty

Almost immediately, I found the red door into the library. I opened it idly- and the breath stopped in my throat. It was the same room I remembered: the shelves, the lion-footed table, the white bass-relief of Clio. But now, tendrils of dark green ivy grew between the shelves, reaching toward the books as if they were hungry to read. White mist flowed along the floor, rippling and tumbling as if blown by wind. Across the ceiling wove a network of icy ropes like tree roots. They dripped- not litt

Amanda Bouchet - Breath of Fire

You’re the shield, and I’m the sword.

Amanda Bouchet - Breath of Fire

It’s just you always…” “Run,” I finish for him… I gaze up at him. Soft light plays over his striking features – the hard planes of his cheekbones, his strong jaw, the slight hook in his nose. “I’ll still run, Griffin. The difference now is that I’ll run to you.” He looks at me for a long time, his gray eyes inscrutable. “You’d better.” I arch an eyebrow. “Or you’ll spank me?

Donald W. Black - DSM-5 Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoanalysts have focused on the narcissist's need to bolster his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement.

Amanda Carlson - Struck

As a demigod - Fen cleared his throat - "I am flush with power. My power can be transformed into the kind of energy you need to feed." As he spoke, his eyes sparked with something feral that sent shivers racing down my spine. "It can happen from touch, kissing, but the greatest source is during the act of..." Ohmygodsinheaven. "Sex? Are you referring to sex?"... "My power becomes concentrated for... a very brief moment. It's all about the transfer of energy from one body to another." He looked w

Amanda Carlson - Struck

My body felt alive. I need more. "Valkyrie," Fen growled, eyes locked on my mouth. "Put your lips back on mine, and I will give you what you crave.

Amanda Carlson - Struck

I sighed. "Would it be too much to ask that Asgard be peaceful? Made up of big, fluffy clouds, serenity, and lots of hot yoga?

Suzy Kassem - Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

What they teach you as history is mythology, and true mythology is far from fantasy - every kind reveals true fragments of our real history. A bulk of our real history can be found in Egyptian and Greek mythology. Yes, myths reveal to us worlds of other dimensions that make up our true reality. History books teach us that the minds of the past operated on the same frequency, dimension, or level of consciousness as we do now. Not true at all.

Tai - Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

…I bet Echo that she couldn't repeat the following line ten times fast: Cupid's Academy counts kissing cousins as completed conquests cause his classes cunningly conspire unconscious couples to copulate and canoodle copiously.

Sulari Gentill - Chasing Odysseus

Hero,” he said softly, in a manner that was much like his father’s. “Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks and the Trojans. We are of the Herdsmen.

Sulari Gentill - Chasing Odysseus

It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.

Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes

You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever means necessary with no regard to the damage it may do. I would be careful if I were you. Friends and objects of deities’ desires dropped like flies. In the end the gods always ended up miserable and alone."— Kate Daniels

Sulari Gentill - Chasing Odysseus

You know, Mac,”Cadmus said still looking out the window. “We may have to work on the way we tell our story …apparently it’s not amusing enough.” “I’ll try to include a joke between ‘he bled to death’and ‘the city burned’.”Machaon responded tersely.

Nina Mouawad - Blue Sun: A poetry collection

Icarus should have waited for nightfall,the moon would have never let him go.

Priya Ardis -

Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.

Priya Ardis -

Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up for air.

Priya Ardis - Ever My Merlin

He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.

Priya Ardis - Ever My Merlin

I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging his lean shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn’t saunter. He didn’t amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure.

Priya Ardis - My Merlin Awakening

Vane’s lips tightened to suppress a smile. “Why so hostile, love?”“You whacked me on the head with a ball!”“You deserved it.

Priya Ardis - My Merlin Awakening

I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”Leaning down, he kissed the pulse beating on my neck just above the damaged skin. “Tomorrow, I need you to die.

Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles

I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R O C L U S."Go," she says. "He waits for you."In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.

Priya Ardis - My Merlin Awakening

Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.” British-speak for “Stand still while I yell at you.

Priya Ardis - Ever My Merlin

Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.

Apollonius of Rhodes -

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

Lisa Kessler - Light of the Spirit

You're not crazy." She was serious, no hint of a smile.He cocked a brow. "And how do you know that?""I cut hair for a living." Her dark eyes glinted with playfulness, easing some of his jacked-up nerve. "I see crazy all the time. You're not it.

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