"The tale of Achilles' wrath, and therefore the poem, ends only once the alienated hero is able to accept loss as an inevitable element in the shared life of mortals."

"The gods are not mocked."

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

"Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper sh…"

"The gods have given us two ears and one mouth, that we may listen more and speak less."