I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

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

You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.