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I don't think anyone is suggesting that Greek mythology is absent any kind of moral impetus. But the Greek Gods seem fairly petty, jealous, vain etc.. Their d
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
I don't think anyone is suggesting that Greek mythology is absent any kind of moral impetus.
But the Greek Gods seem fairly petty, jealous, vain etc..
Their description in the Ilyad puts them as 'superhumans' more than anything, there is definitely no overarching metaphysical appeal to either morality, or towards stoic search for meaning of life etc.. It's like they're just the superhuman overlords humans have to deal with.
- ABCLAW 8y agoHomer wasn't the only person writing in the classical period. His contemporary, Hesiod, depicted gods as immortal arbiters of justice in Works and Days. The Ilyad clearly has struck some narrative gold, but was in no way the only manner in which the pantheon was portrayed.