In Homer’s Iliad and Apollonius’s The Argonautica it is evident that the primary similarity between the two epics is the use gods and goddesses. In both books, the Gods and Goddesses are essentially the all-powerful individuals that hold the mortals lives in their hands (sort of use them as their puppets). In the Iliad, Apollo sends the plague upon the Greek camp, while in the Argonautica, Apollonius states that Poseidon has the power to create a stormy sea from his anger. Both texts have heroes in Jason (Argonautica) and Achilles (Iliad). Furthermore, in the Iliad, the main focus of the stories is the mortals, and as a result, the story is less reliant on the gods. Conversely, in Argonautica it seems that the stories are much more reliant
