The religion of ancient Greece is unlike most religions that we have in modern society today, especially American society. This country was built on Christianity, and so imagining how the Greeks worked can be difficult. They had no sacred religious texts; the descriptions of their gods came from Homer’s and Hesiod’s works (Schironi, September 29). They were polytheistic and the lack of sacred texts led to syncretism, adding more gods from different places. The gods were immortal beings that resembled very beautiful humans and had great powers but were not omniscient. For the most part the gods acted like humans (Schironi, October 1). They were not the perfect, omnipotent gods that we know of from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and therefore
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This is akin to how in the Sims a player usually only interacts with characters they have created and therefore deem important. Priam is an exception to the side character rule, as he is spoken to by Hermes. Hermes was sent by Zeus to make sure Priam arrived to chat with Achilles safely (Iliad 24. 395-549). Although he definitely plays a larger role in the Iliad, Priam is not the typical hero that is spoken to. Priam is only directly involved with the gods because they are interested in returning his son’s body to his …show more content…
In the time of Homer, the fate of a person was not set by any gods, it was just a fact that was set at birth (Schironi, October 1). The Greek gods may be involved in the fate of a human, but they do not control it. This differs greatly from the Sims, where the player selects every aspect about their characters, from their five specific personality traits to the placement of their freckles, from every outfit they wear to their life goal. Through settings on the game, you can even adjust the lifespan of the Sims, from short (25 days) to epic (960 days). A player can even decide exactly how a Sim dies; there’s actually a whole subgroup of players who specifically look for new and interesting ways to murder their Sims. The player controls every aspect of the Sims life and their fate, while the gods do not effect the fate of humans at
This is akin to how in the Sims a player usually only interacts with characters they have created and therefore deem important. Priam is an exception to the side character rule, as he is spoken to by Hermes. Hermes was sent by Zeus to make sure Priam arrived to chat with Achilles safely (Iliad 24. 395-549). Although he definitely plays a larger role in the Iliad, Priam is not the typical hero that is spoken to. Priam is only directly involved with the gods because they are interested in returning his son’s body to his …show more content…
In the time of Homer, the fate of a person was not set by any gods, it was just a fact that was set at birth (Schironi, October 1). The Greek gods may be involved in the fate of a human, but they do not control it. This differs greatly from the Sims, where the player selects every aspect about their characters, from their five specific personality traits to the placement of their freckles, from every outfit they wear to their life goal. Through settings on the game, you can even adjust the lifespan of the Sims, from short (25 days) to epic (960 days). A player can even decide exactly how a Sim dies; there’s actually a whole subgroup of players who specifically look for new and interesting ways to murder their Sims. The player controls every aspect of the Sims life and their fate, while the gods do not effect the fate of humans at