Embodiment Of Greek Gods

This paper will argue that a person’s achievements and failings are not up to them as the hero (person) has no free will in his thoughts or actions. This is seen as true even in the embodiments of the greek ideal-self. The heroic ideal person is not a product of his choices but of the gods. In this paper greek gods will be used as symbols to represent the exterior forces of nature. Such exterior forces include but are not limited to family, status, society, norms, laws, and upbringing. This is crystal clear, the paper argues, when one considers two famous greek literature examples and a quoted statement of greek gods.

The first case study of greek literature that the paper will investigate is the story of the Iliad by Homer. In this story