He appears oftener in the tales of mythology than any other god. - Edith Hamilton

Æschylus was the poet of a new era. He bridged the tremendous gulf between the poetry of the beauty of the outside world and the poetry of the beauty of the pain of the world.

An ancient writer says of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it.

A people’s literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.