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Alic0004 on 31 May 2009
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Mojo said:
Alic0004 said:
And by the way, speaking of hero credentials, most of the Odyssey and the Iliad involve fighting AGAINST the gods. And not wussy GoW gods who can be killed by a white dude with emotional problems, gods who move among people like forces of nature and who kill mortals merely by being LOOKED UPON.


The Odyssey is about pissing off the god of the ocean before going on the most epic sea voyage in literature... And then winning (by SURVIVING).

 

I think you need to re-read Homer becuase there is very little physical fighting between gods and men in either epic. The gods might interfer in the affairs of the mortals  but that is only when saving the lives of mortals dear to them.

 

Yeah, that or punishing the mortals who have angered them -- which is generally more common when you're talking about the greek gods.  I'm not really sure where you got the idea I was talking about physical battles between gods and mortals...  was it when I said "gods who move among people like forces of nature," maybe?  Because I was actually talking about gods who move among people as forces of nature, there.

 

The idea of mortals not being able to survive seeing the true form of a god is a consistent theme in greek mythology, though I can't remember any examples from Homer.