J.D.M. Derrett, “Homer in the New Testament,” The Expository Times, Vol. 121, No. 2, 66-69 (2009).
For Homer has not been used in New Testament scholarship since the Renaissance, prior to which Greeks lear...
Punch , vol. 6, p. 209 (May 18, 1844):
Foreign Affairs.
It is a common idea that the most laconic military dispatch ever issued was that sent by Cæsar to the Horse-Guards at Rome, containing the thre...
Voltaire, Candide, XXV:
Candide, en voyant un Homère magnifiquement relié, loua l’illustrissime sur son bon goût.
« Voilà, dit-il, un livre qui faisait les délices du grand Pangloss, le meil...
Kurt Tucholsky (1890 — 1935), “Ratschläge für einen schlechten Redner” (1930):
Fang immer bei den alten Römern an und gib stets, wovon du auch sprichst, die geschichtlichen Hintergründe der Sache....