Homer 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 Il

Homer 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.