There are always two sides to every story. In the Selected Satires of Lucian, we get Lucian’s view of the gods. In this paper, we will analyze the two “Dialogues of the Gods,” X & X. We will interpret the scrutiny of Lucian’s perspective on them. Lucian has learned through Homers poetry the characteristics of the Greek gods. Lucian Judges all gods and allows the reader to journey to see things you’ve never seen before. He allows us to understand that there is no universal order between wealth and power because the gods are just as NAIIVE as us humans. Reading Homer, we SEE different perspectives on these gods that mold our opinions about them. Lucian puts all gods on a stage, exposing who they are and what they represent, allowing us to get to know the REAL. Lucian of Samosata took the popular images of the Greek gods from Homer and re-drew to EXPOSE their contradictory hypocrisy, greed,sex obssed life, and their powermad aristocracy- eventually dethroning them.
We will observe the gods actions and mental attitudes of themselves, personally and physically. We will survey the way the gods exercised their unending and unlimited control from the moon, earth and the underworld. The gods are considered unchallenged Olympians who have lived a life of ease due to the …show more content…
In Dialogues of the Gods, the gods are seen domesticated, in order to put them at a level with the audience. Lucian composes a series of comic scenes, where we see the king of all gods, Zeus, outspoken and ill tempered, and quarrelling with Hera over his infidelities. Lucian conjures up an image of heaven and its rulers, representing them as needy, irresponsible, sex and power obsessed. Lucian allowed readers to see the gods in their imperfect image, insecure and just as eaily open to ill thoughts and actions, just as
We will observe the gods actions and mental attitudes of themselves, personally and physically. We will survey the way the gods exercised their unending and unlimited control from the moon, earth and the underworld. The gods are considered unchallenged Olympians who have lived a life of ease due to the …show more content…
In Dialogues of the Gods, the gods are seen domesticated, in order to put them at a level with the audience. Lucian composes a series of comic scenes, where we see the king of all gods, Zeus, outspoken and ill tempered, and quarrelling with Hera over his infidelities. Lucian conjures up an image of heaven and its rulers, representing them as needy, irresponsible, sex and power obsessed. Lucian allowed readers to see the gods in their imperfect image, insecure and just as eaily open to ill thoughts and actions, just as