#mythology

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength. ↗

— Ovid

#classics #greek #humans #intelligence #metamorphoses

Just another part of that Spartan killer instinct. I can slay the ladies just as well as I can reapers. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#hot #mythology #funny

Could any State on Earth Immortall be, Venice by Her rare Goverment is She; Venice Great Neptunes Minion, still a Mayd, Though by the warrlikst Potentats assayed; Yet She retaines Her Virgin-waters pure, Nor any Forren mixtures can endure; Though, Syren-like on Shore and Sea, Her Face Enchants all those whom once She doth embrace, Nor is ther any can Her bewty prize But he who hath beheld her with his Eyes: Those following Leaves display, if well observed, How she long Her Maydenhead preserved, How for sound prudence She still bore the Bell; Whence may be drawn this high-fetchd parallel, Venus and Venice are Great Queens in their degree, Venus is Queen of Love, Venice of Policie. ↗

— James Howell

#mythology #poetry #sea #spqr #venice

And thus Epimetheus took the lovely Pandora to wife in spite of the warning of his brother, Prometheus, then in the Caucasus, to beware of the Gods bearing gifts. ↗

— Nicholas Chong

#love

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#mythology #percy-jackson #kiss

I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane #myth

You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks. ↗

— Fernando Flores

#big #europeans #everyone #favor #i

The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#any #basically #because #characters #gods

Myths are, in fact...neither primitive nor untrue. They are, rather, a kind of poetry that helps us make sense of the world and our place in it. ↗

— Stephen H. Furrer

#religion #spirituality #religion

Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology. ↗

— Barbara Steele

#grow #grow up #immersed #italian #light