Homers Ideal Gods?
“You can go there later just as well. Let’s get in bed now and make love. No goddess or woman has ever Made me feel so overwhelmed with lust, Not even when I fell for Ixion’s wife, Who bore Peirithous, wise as a god; Or Danae, with lovely, slim ankles, Who bore Perseus, a paragon of men; Or the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, Who bore Minos and godlike Rhadamanthus;”.(Iliad P.274 Lines 317-326)`The great and power Zeus staring in what seems to be a soap opera. How could the most powerful deity in Greek mythology be crippled by his own lust? Why would Homer forge a character in his Iliad with so many flaws but get the highest of praise from citizens of Greece? Let's explore these questions and introspect how we see the gods of Homer's time.
Throughout the Iliad Homer provides details and stories for his gods. Homer had immense power being able to portray the gods in his own ideal light. However, it’s puzzling to see how a man with so much power and the ability to create whoever he desired would choose a
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Homer uses his style of poetry to act as the narrator. He brings us along for the story and allows the listener and reader to assume their own thoughts. He describes war with such bone chilling detail but also speaks of beautiful views around the battlefield and artifacts with mesmerizing features. Achilles’s shield is the best example of this, “He made a shield first, heavy and huge, Every inch of it intricately designed. He made a shield first, heavy and huge, Every inch of it intricately designed.”.(P.369-370,Lines 515-520) Homer continues to describe the design of the shield by speaking of the details on it and the story it tells. The shield represents the hope of a better tomorrow that’s every present but always seems a day away. The hope of tomorrow thought is held by Achilles a once great warrior but now an embodiment of death and