if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like

Zeno of Citium

Tags: determinism philosophy metaphysics greek hinduism vedanta elea eleatic zeno



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Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!

Rick Riordan

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Soon all of you immortals
Will be as dead as we are!
Come on then, what are you waiting for?
Have you run out of thunderbolts?

Euripides

Tags: hatred greek modern



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Atlas smirked.

Rick Riordan

Tags: paraphrased greek unintentional-humor



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There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover Ares, and her crippled husband Hephaestus ) I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet?

Salley Vickers

Tags: romantic time funny gods irony greek era love-affair aphrodite-s-hat



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He raised an eyebrow. "You claim not to know me? Of course I'm Thoth. Also called Djehuti. Also called--"
I [Sadie] stifled a laugh. "Ja-hooty?"
Thoth looked offended. "In Ancient Egyptian, it's a perfectly fine name. The Greeks called me Thoth. Then later they confused me with their god Hermes. Even had the nerve to rename my sacred city Hermopolis, though we're nothing alike. Believe me, if you've ever met Hermes--

Rick Riordan

Tags: greek hermes thoth



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She wore an A-line bridal gown with a V-shaped neckline while Apollo playing Bach's Air on the G string.

Tai Odunsi

Tags: humor satire greek greek-mythology olympians cupid percy-jackson-and-the-olympians



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V geometrickém světě, jehož objev byl umožněn onou pozoruhodnou schopností proniknout skrze čtverec nakreslený v písku ke čtverci geometrickému, nalezla řecká antika místo, v němž se nachází pravda v ničím nezastřené podobě.

Petr Vopěnka

Tags: insight math greek geometry



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It wasn’t easy looking dignified wearing a bed sheet and a purple cape.

Rick Riordan

Tags: rome greek blood neptune son jupiter percy camp jackson half



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Τοσαῦτά σ', ὦ Ζεῦ, προστρέπω· καλῶ δ' ἅμα
πομπαῖον Ἑρμῆν χθόνιον εὖ με κοιμίσαι,
ξὺν ἀσφαδάστῳ καὶ ταχεῖ πηδήματι.

Sophocles

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