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{{Quote|"Over her Diomedes of the loud war-cry raised a great shout of triumph: ‘Daughter of Zeus [Aphrodite], leave battle and strife to others. Isn’t it enough that you snare feeble women? Rejoin the fight and you’ll learn to shudder at the name of war!’|''ibid''}} | {{Quote|"Over her Diomedes of the loud war-cry raised a great shout of triumph: ‘Daughter of Zeus [Aphrodite], leave battle and strife to others. Isn’t it enough that you snare feeble women? Rejoin the fight and you’ll learn to shudder at the name of war!’|''ibid''}} | ||
{{Quote|"So no scrambling for home till each has slept with a Trojan woman [conquered a Trojan wife], as reward for the pain and toil Helen brings [brought] him."|''ibid''}} | {{Quote|"So no scrambling for home till each has slept with a Trojan woman [conquered a Trojan wife], as reward for the pain and toil Helen brings [brought] him."|''ibid''}} | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|[Thetis to Achilles]: "Why not find comfort with some woman, since you have but a brief time left to live, and the shadows of Death and remorseless Fate are already close upon you."|''ibid''}} | ||
==c. 800-700 BC: The Odyssey== | ==c. 800-700 BC: The Odyssey== |
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