#greek

Atlas smirked. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#paraphrased #unintentional-humor #humor

According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. ↗

— Plato

#love #mythology #soul-mates #love

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#heroes-of-olympus #piper-mclean #rick-riordan #the-mark-of-athena #mythology

We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate rests our strength. ↗

— Cyclops

#greek-anti-heros #greek-heroes #greek-mythology #monsters #mythology

Simple. Atlantis can't be found." He scoffed at her. " You're the second person to tell me that in less than an hour. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#atlantis #greek-mythology #sherrilyn-kenyon #mythology

Even Cronus, the Titan who literally had his kids for breakfast, would find these facts hard to swallow. ↗

— Tai Odunsi

#greek-mythology #humor #mythology #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #humor

...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. ↗

— Virgil

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But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood, consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [...] His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling-- no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none. ↗

— Virgil

#greek #myth #mythology #the-aeneid #trojan

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. ↗

— Barry B. Powell

#greek-mythology #love

…I bet Echo that she couldn't repeat the following line ten times fast:   Cupid's Academy counts kissing cousins as completed conquests cause his classes cunningly conspire unconscious couples to copulate and canoodle copiously. ↗

— Tai Odunsi

#greek-mythology #marriage #mythology #percy-jackson #wedding