Famous Quotes / Mikhail Strabo
Mikhail Strabo: "The poets were not alone in sanctioning myths, for long before the poets the states and the lawmakers had sanctioned them as a useful expedient. They needed to control the people by superstitious fears, and these cannot be aroused without myths and marvels."
Alone | Aroused | Control | Expedient |
Fears | Lawmakers | Long | Marvels |
Myths | Needed | People | Poets |
Sanctioned | Sanctioning | States | Superstitious |
Them | These | Useful | Without |