The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.

  • -- George Gilbert Aime Murray 乔治·吉尔伯特·艾梅·默里

高级希腊诗歌没有虚构情节;它的任务是表达英雄传奇和神话。

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We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

我们希腊人热爱美丽,但我们的品味简单,我们培养思想而不丧失男子气概。

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

在这个世界上,除了大自然的野性之外,没有任何事物的起源不是希腊的。

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

所有糟糕的诗都源于真情实感。

One must read poetry with one's nerves.

读诗要有勇气。