“Thy tomb is fairy placed upon the strand, Where merchants still shall greet it with the land. . . “
Athenian Statesman
“Thalatta! Thalatta!”
10k greeks
“… Day by day fix your eyes on the greatness of Athens, until you become filled with love of her…”
Funeral speech of Pericles
” There is no sweeter solace in life for human ills than craftsmanship …”
Amphis
“First among things, I reckon human education,”
Athenian schoolteacher
“The fittest place for a temple or altar was some site visible from afar, and untrodden by the foot of man…”
Socrates
“Should any refuse to accept this peace, I… will make war upon them….”
Artaxerxes
“He is a law-court lover, no man like him…”
Aristophanes