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A 6 page essay examining the various ways Homer made use of gods and goddesses; how they intervened in the lives of the mortals.
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well as a religious figure. They are used to explain the chance happenings in life-why one archer misses and another doesnt-why theres a favoring wind when needed. Sometimes theyre use
is psychological. By addressing a god or goddess, the character is essentially talking to himself in order to sort things out. Whatever their purpose, the relationship between the gods and
goddesses and the plot of The Iliad is complex. The gods are often used to move the story line forward. Achaians have besieged Troy for nine years when, on
a raid to a nearby town, they capture two women: Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo and Briseis. Chryseis is given to King Agamemnon and Briseis is given
to Achilles. The priest of Apollo, Chryses, come to the camp and tries to ransom his daughter. Agamemnon refuses. Chryses prays to Apollo to intervene and Apollo answers his prayer.
Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He came down furious from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his shoulder, and the
arrows rattled on his back with the rage that trembled within him. He sat himself down away from the ships with a face as dark as night, and his silver
bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his shafts at the people
themselves, and all day long the pyres of the dead were burning. For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon the tenth day Achilles called
them in assembly- moved thereto by Juno, who saw the Achaeans in their death-throes and had compassion upon them. Then, when they were got together, he rose and spoke among
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