"When Achilles finally does defeat Hector, he ties the body to his chariot...then drags it back to the Greek camp. Once there, the Greeks flock around the dead Trojan hero and proceed to stab the corps…"

"No mortal can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born."

"The sea is a cruel mistress."

"There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men."

"And empty words are evil."