Greek Gods In The Iliad

Greek mythology is an inspiring work of art displayed in the earth’s history. The poetics translation of the greek gods stories have encouraged multiple types of literature, works of art, and early forms of science. The greeks were the first to question how things functioned in everyday life, to help explain these mysteries the people created these myths; in this case, myth, is defined as early science. The gods were also a way for the rural folk of the community to be entertained. They were pretty extravagant in their beliefs; they had feasts that lasted for several days. However, the question is if the higher-class community members actually believed in these gods they were taught about. They didn’t require the knowledge of the gods and how …show more content…
The gods are the characters that seem to argue amongst each other throughout Homer’s poem. The ironic thing is that Zeus and Hera seem to have the most violent types of arguments, and they are married. Hera watches Zeus like a hawk; however, she only seems to do it when he is being a little naughty. Zeus has a tendency of chasing after any woman he notices, and since he is the over ruling god he notices almost every single virgin, young, beautiful girl. There is a section of The Iliad where Achilles mother, Thetis, is begging Zeus to listen to Achilles plea. When Thetis is begging she bows down to him, and is very physical when pleading. Even though nothing ever happened sexually, Hera still suspected Zeus of doing the absolute worst in the …show more content…
This type of violence would probably carry over from the argument between the characters. Words passed in between one another can sometimes leave a bigger psychological scar than then people, or gods, could imagine. Yes, even gods have psychological damage too. Apollo probably would contain multiple psychological damage because of how he managed to lose his favorite soldier, and could not even do anything to help out Hector because of how Athena stepped in for Achilles aid. When Athena lied to Hector and caused him to lose his stance in the battle. When Achilles is disgracing his body in front of the gods, Apollo ached which is why he helped protect Hector’s body from getting any more physical damage. Another example of psychological damage would be from Priam, Hector’s father. When he went to retrieve his pride and joy, Hector, he was in the worst kind of shape. He was offering all the ransom he could think of and in his surprise Achilles was human and understanding to the father of the man he slaughtered. Even though he was offered the best of the situation and treated with respect, he still ran away in the night and had obvious pain written all over his body when he returned