"Melantho, a female slave in Odysseus' household, is called a 'little dog' by Odysseus."

"Beauty, terrible beauty! A deathless goddess — so she strikes our eyes!"

"We are all puppets of fate."

"It is not good to have a rule of many."

"There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye to eye, true husband and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends."