Zeus must be an example not only to the
other gods but also to the rest of the humanity.
other gods but also to the rest of the humanity.
No questions ask, he is the king. He is the ever powerful god that overthrown his Father Cronus. Cheating on his wife Hera and hooking up with so many mortal maidens, Zeus produced ninety million offspring. Then, the almighty horny sees the earth an overpopulated one that is why he used the TROJAN WAR as a mean to depopulate the earth, specially his demigod descendants (since he does not want to take the fate of his father being overthrown by his own offspring).
Indeed, as for the Greeks, Gods are personalities with human failings. The king of the gods, who should have set an example of justice and equality to all failed to do so; rather, it is evident in Book 11 of the Iliad that this Zeus favored the Trojans thus making them outshine the Achaean group. Diomedes even interprets Zeus’s acts of favoritism to mean that Zeus has singled out the Trojans for ultimate victory. At the same time, however, the epic frequently reminds us of a second case of divine plotting: according to soothsayers, Troy is fated to fall. Homer builds dramatic tension by juxtaposing this prophecy with vivid descriptions of the Achaeans’ sufferings and setbacks. He constantly tempts us with the expectation of Trojan defeat while dashing this prospect with endless examples of the Trojans’ success under Zeus’s partiality. Ultimately, we feel unable to trust either set of signs.
Now, is Zeus a fair god?
Are the olympian gods fair as well?
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ReplyDeleteGood enough! Better if ideas are unified and coherent. The last three sentences seem not contributing to the development of the topic. Again, always remember to keep track of your topic when writing. With more exposure to reading literatures and practice in writing compositions, you can become one good writer. I'm confident about that!
However, unfortunately you did not have your last blog.