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“If a woman receives only cruelty or indifference from her husband, father, brother, or son, why should she trust her well-being to any of them?”

Book:Clytemnestra's Bind

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“Don’t you dare pity her. She traded a suffering soul for a throne of bones. She exchanged watchful eyes for a court of her own. The seasons of the earth depended on the very breath she took. She had death wrapped around her fingers and spring at her beck and call and the ruler of the heavens tasked with finding her. She turned the world upside down to find freedom. The daughter of flowers escaped her prison made out of roots and thorns and became the queen of death and forged her new home out of shadows and power.”

Greek Mythology Hades Persephone Hades And Persephone

Book:The Space Between the Stars and Our Eyes: A Collection of Short Poems

Source: The Space Between the Stars and Our Eyes: A Collection of Short Poems

“Don’t pass on the hurt someone gave you.”

Quotes Life Quotes Hurt Garima Soni Best Quotes Hurt Quotes

Book:Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote

“Zeus wanted something that would bring healing to the people who had survived the war. In my mind, there was nothing more healing to the soul than the written word, and music, and dance, and comedy, and inspiration. So that is why I decided to create." She looked them each in the eye. "I decided to create you. Each of you would bring joy through your own unique talents, while also singing Zeus's praises for saving the world from the Titans.”

Mother Greek Mythology Daughters Muses The Arts

Book:Bemused

Source: Bemused

“Yet you know Solon’s saying, ‘Call no man fortunate till he is dead.”

History Greek Greek Mythology

Book:A Victor of Salamis : A Tale of the Days of Xerxes, Leonidas and Themistocles.

Source: A Victor of Salamis : A Tale of the Days of Xerxes, Leonidas and Themistocles.

“..because he`d learned that if you cracked jokes and pretended you weren`t scared, you usually didn`t get beaten up. Even the baddest gangster kids would tolerate you, keep you around for laughs. Plus, humor was a good way to hide the pain... ~ Leo Valdez”

Fantasy Adventure Greek Mythology

Book:The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“His name has stood through all the centuries , from Greek days to our own, as that of the great rebel against injustice and the authority of power.”

Inspirational Greek Mythology

Book:Edith Hamilton's: MYTHOLOGY, GREEK WAY, ROMAN WAY 3 vol

Source: Edith Hamilton's: MYTHOLOGY, GREEK WAY, ROMAN WAY 3 vol

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

Love Death Greek Mythology

Author:Apollonius Rhodius

“Carved on the temple [at Delphi] were the exhortations "Know yourself" and "Nothing too much," mottoes with a similar meaning: You are only human, so don't try more than you are able (or you will pay the price). A recurring theme in Greek myth is the man or woman who loses sight of human limitations and acts arrogantly and with violence, as if immortal. And pays a terrible price.”

Greek Mythology Hubris

Book:Classical Myth

Source: Classical Myth

“The Greek gods had personalities like those of humans and struggled with one another for position and power. They did not love humans (although some had favorites) and did not ask to be loved by them. They did not impose codes of behavior. They expected respect and honor but coud act contrary to human needs and desires.”

Greek Mythology Greek Gods

Book:Classical Myth

Source: Classical Myth

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

Humor Greek Satire Greek Mythology Percy Jackson And The Olympians Cupid Olympians

Book:Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

Source: Cupid's Academy: Argus' Big Fat Greek Wedding Ring

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