Homer — "I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!"

"Circe has been used to portray the power of women in manipulating men. Men fell for the sweet and lovely voice of the monster."

"Attach a golden chain from heaven, and all of you take hold of it, you gods and goddesses, yet would you not be able to drag Zeus the most high from heaven to earth."

"And nature is of mortals once deceased. For they nor muscle have, nor flesh, nor bone; All those (the spirit from the body once. Divorced) the violence of fire consumes, And, like a dream, the soul fl…"

"The will of Jove is always done."

"The gods can either give or take away."