Gods in the Homeric Epics Flashcards
Emily Kearns says the words of the characters reflect a…
Pervasive view that significant ideas, emotions, and events are in some way caused by the intervention of a God
She says the cause and effect of gods is inherent in the narrative, opposing the view of…
Schein
Book 1 of the Iliad is an introduction to a world of…
Divine causation and a whole society of gods
Hera, Athene, and Poseidon are prominent patrons of…
Greek cities
Apollo, Artemis, and Leto had strong connections with the…
Asiatic mainland
There are differences between the Iliadic pantheon and the representation of gods from other sources, such as…
Iris is a prominent figure but wasn’t a cult figure in real life
Hephaestus only had cult presence in a few cities
Iliadic perceptions of gods are shown as precisely defined individuals…
In the manner of human beings - they are as individual characters as Achilleus and that lot
The assumption that gods are not subject to spatial limitations is present, show in…
Their modes of transport; super chariots, fast running, apparition
Normal channels of communication between gods and humans are…
Prayer, sacrifice, dreams, oracles
Less plausible and more fantastic modes of communication between gods and humans are…
Sexual and parental relationships between characters
That good quote by Longinus!
Homer made his men gods and his gods men
Prominence was given to the mobile oracle who could perform…
Manteia - interpretations of signs and portents
Direct communication with gods was shown prominently through waking and dreaming visions, such as…
Dream given to Agamemnon
Athene spurring Diomedes on
Sexual relations between divine and human characters include…
Sarpedon, son of Zeus
Thetis and Peleus birthing Achilleus (a paradoxical union as male gods usually impregnate female gods)
Human affairs are an arena in which…
The gods can compete against each other (usually until they feel pity)
