Every quotation from Homer that a player meets in Scholar’s Dream, attached to the move that says it. Or see them as a plain list →
In Scholar’s Dream, books argue with each other, and each thing a book can do in a debate is called a move. Every quote below is spoken by one of those moves. Open “How it works in the game” under a quote to see the move, which books learn it, and which arguments it answers best.
Book 2 of the Iliad lists over a thousand ships and every contingent that sailed to Troy — ancient audiences prized the roll-call as history.
Homer, Iliad 2.
In the gameAn exhaustive muster. Exhausting, too.
Learned byIliad (Lv 1)
“Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.”
Homer, Odyssey 1.1 (trans. Butler, public domain).public domain
In the gameCunning wins where strength failed.
Learned byOdyssey (Lv 1)
“Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.”
Homer, Iliad 1.1 (trans. Butler, public domain). The foundational epic of the Trojan War.public domain
In the gameThe oldest opening line in Greek literature, still swinging.
Learned byIliad (Lv 1)
Moves these books can learn whose quotation comes from somebody else. The citation on each one names who actually said it.
“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.”
James 1:19 (WEB).
In the gameRestate the foe’s position in its strongest form — exposing its true weak point. Lowers the foe’s Defend. Always fair; never a bad move to use.
Learned byOdyssey (Lv 8)
“He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.”
Matthew 27:14 (WEB); cf. Isaiah 53:7.
In the gameSay nothing. Convinces no one — but the next argument lands harder. Raises the user’s Contend, after the pattern of Christ’s silence before his accusers.
Learned byIliad (Lv 9)
Homer against everyone else in the game.
