The Just City (Thessaly, #1)

by Jo Walton

I am all about the “Eureka” and she is all about displacing and measuring actual weights of gold and silver.

Apollo comparing himself to his half-sister Athena

“I hate that cold bastard Octavian,” she said. “Killing Cicero for political advantage. It’s like burning down a library to make toast.

Anyway, I shall be chosen and walk off with somebody, and then they will fall asleep and dream they’ve had a pleasant afternoon with Septima, while I come back to the library.” “Do you need help with the dream?” I asked. “No thanks. There’s a perfectly good bit of Catullus.”