800 BCE – 500 CE
Ancient poetry from Homer to Virgil, the foundations of Western verse.
"Someone, I tell you, will remember us, even in another time"
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time…
— Sappho
"The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, the time is going by, and I ..."
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mi…
— Ovid
"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind"
Fortune favors the bold
— Virgil
"Fortune favors the bold"
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence"
The blade itself incites to deeds of violence
— Homer
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence"
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love
"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love"
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured
"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought a..."
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are
"In our play we reveal what kind of people we are"
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always…
"There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it"
He is more than a hero, he is a god in my eyes
"He is more than a hero, he is a god in my eyes"
They can because they think they can
"They can because they think they can"
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