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Greek gods and goddesses interfering in the battle of Troy. Why did they do this? 2017-01-17 05:17:57 Post No. 8984818
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Greek gods and goddesses interfering in the battle of Troy. Why did they do this?
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2017-01-17 05:17:57
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In the Iliad, the gods often talk of the fate of Troy being fixed and not changeable. So with this knowledge, why do they frequently contradict themselves by trying to change the outcomes of events during the Trojan war?
Also, why does Dionysus appear to be the only God that doesn't interfere?
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>>8984818
They have to try to change it in order to not change it.
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>>8984834
^this
Maybe you should try to actually UNDERSTAND what you are reading before shitposting about it.
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It is how it will be changed. The fate of Ilios was fixed by Zeus alone, all the other gods could fight against it, but in the end Zeus' word decides all. The other gods interfering is just formality. Some gods attack because they were offended or not honored correctly, others interfere to protect their children (Aeneas and Aphtodite), some are just doing their job. Zeus for example wanted the gods to interfere at certain points of the story to prolong the war even further and to try to draw Achilles out from his ship.
If you didn't understand that, you are a pleb.
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>>8984818
Dionysus wasn't considered part of the traditional Greek pantheon. He's a foreign cult figure from Asia Minor.
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>>8984818
Dionysus was a deity of peasants and agriculture, he doesn't care about war and he doesn't interfere with the aristocrats
The Gods don't really care about the destiny of Troy, to them it's a game, they are not trying to change the outcome, they just wanna save their favorite soldiers
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>>8984818
Because the Greek gods (like most pagan deities) were fallible, and possessed humanesque failings. They got angry, jealous, horny and greedy like the rest of us,
This can be hard to assimilate if you're brought up in an authoritarian Abrahamic religion, where god can literally do no wrong and you'd better damn well do as you're told.
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>when Artemis gets bitch slapped by Hera
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They all explain their reasons quite clearly in the text. There are considerations beyond the inevitable fall of Troy: individual heroism, proper respect for gods, etc.
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>>8986318
Ok, calm the fuck down, Stephen Fry.
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>>8984818
because they are demons
t. Augustine
because poets are full of shit
t. every non-poet and non-pleb/prole from all of antiquity
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