Glorify Gods In The Iliad

According to dictionary.com glorify is defined as follows; to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, than would normally be considered. The Iliad takes place in a time when the Gods were prominent and very important to the culture of the people. In today's culture the most glorified people are famously rich or stupidly rich due to today's popular culture. No matter the time period praise has always existed in different forms around the world. During the past, present, and future people will and have glorified many different characters, symbols, and lands.
In the greek myth The Iliad all of the people glorify the gods. The gods in the story are honored as a result of being immortal and having powers not capable to mortal. For instance the almighty Zeus has the gift to change a person's fate, which typically is determined by the gods. No human is capable of such. In fact if the people did not glorify the gods their fate would be atrocious. The people in greek tales honored the bold and strong, the humans that show characteristics not known to man and impossible. In The Iliad Achilles was glorified by many, he had his own group of men to fight separated from the king. Why? Achilles was bold and strong, even gods were scared of his power. Glorification in in the greek tales was not simply given but …show more content…
Being honored in today's world is nothing compared to in the Greek myths. Today people see that if not standing for the National Anthem, a Hymn created for our Country as praise, as a freedom of speech. If the Greeks and the Gods were here today they would be laughing at us because of our choices of glory. Glory will forever be modifying in an ever changing world. What will come of glory in the future? Will we up the standards on what or who is glorified or will the human population keep going down hill on the standards of