"Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns."

"Agamemnon…cuts off his arms, and then kicks the body to send it rolling into the throng of Trojan fighters, 'like a log'."

"For a man to be a good king, he must be a good shepherd."

"After the event, even a fool is wise."

"For there is no more oppressive trouble for a man than a wandering life."