Professor Edith Hall

So it's the full compliment and they all love him.

So it's the full compliment and they all love him.

So it's the full compliment and they all love him.

The main way that they're there is to show how much greater humans are as moral agents, precisely because the gods can't die. They're deprived of any real tragic dimension. All these humans are facing mortality and the real cost of having to act. The gods are basically unaccountable and can be irresponsible. They can get injured. There's some fighting between them.

The main way that they're there is to show how much greater humans are as moral agents, precisely because the gods can't die. They're deprived of any real tragic dimension. All these humans are facing mortality and the real cost of having to act. The gods are basically unaccountable and can be irresponsible. They can get injured. There's some fighting between them.

The main way that they're there is to show how much greater humans are as moral agents, precisely because the gods can't die. They're deprived of any real tragic dimension. All these humans are facing mortality and the real cost of having to act. The gods are basically unaccountable and can be irresponsible. They can get injured. There's some fighting between them.

The worst one of all, and I'm quite fond of him because he's so awful, is Ares. because all the other gods are on one side or another for historic reasons. There are reasons why, to do with their alliances, to do with the judgment of Paris, to do with who of them have got children on the battlefield or grandchildren, except for Zeus, who's kind of up there and a bit kind of weirdly disengaged.

The worst one of all, and I'm quite fond of him because he's so awful, is Ares. because all the other gods are on one side or another for historic reasons. There are reasons why, to do with their alliances, to do with the judgment of Paris, to do with who of them have got children on the battlefield or grandchildren, except for Zeus, who's kind of up there and a bit kind of weirdly disengaged.

The worst one of all, and I'm quite fond of him because he's so awful, is Ares. because all the other gods are on one side or another for historic reasons. There are reasons why, to do with their alliances, to do with the judgment of Paris, to do with who of them have got children on the battlefield or grandchildren, except for Zeus, who's kind of up there and a bit kind of weirdly disengaged.

He's just got to make sure fate takes its course. But he's sad because he says the Trojans were the most pious people who always sacrificed a lot to him. But Ares is wonderful because he can't remember what side he's on. He's not on any side. So Athena is the goddess of tactical warfare and planned warfare. He's the god of just mindless thuggery.

He's just got to make sure fate takes its course. But he's sad because he says the Trojans were the most pious people who always sacrificed a lot to him. But Ares is wonderful because he can't remember what side he's on. He's not on any side. So Athena is the goddess of tactical warfare and planned warfare. He's the god of just mindless thuggery.

He's just got to make sure fate takes its course. But he's sad because he says the Trojans were the most pious people who always sacrificed a lot to him. But Ares is wonderful because he can't remember what side he's on. He's not on any side. So Athena is the goddess of tactical warfare and planned warfare. He's the god of just mindless thuggery.

So in book five, he's on the battlefield and he starts just jumping around, killing anybody.

So in book five, he's on the battlefield and he starts just jumping around, killing anybody.

So in book five, he's on the battlefield and he starts just jumping around, killing anybody.

There's even a word that says that. He's alloprosolos, which means he jumps to one side and then to the other side. And Athena says, what is the problem with you? You know, fighting's okay if you've got a motive or a reason that you can explain, but this is just violence for the sake of it. And, you know, I've seen scenes like that in Glaswegian pubs.

There's even a word that says that. He's alloprosolos, which means he jumps to one side and then to the other side. And Athena says, what is the problem with you? You know, fighting's okay if you've got a motive or a reason that you can explain, but this is just violence for the sake of it. And, you know, I've seen scenes like that in Glaswegian pubs.

There's even a word that says that. He's alloprosolos, which means he jumps to one side and then to the other side. And Athena says, what is the problem with you? You know, fighting's okay if you've got a motive or a reason that you can explain, but this is just violence for the sake of it. And, you know, I've seen scenes like that in Glaswegian pubs.

And river gods. And river gods. Yeah. No, it's a whole panoply and they've got different status. And there are arguments about status. So the last guy that Achilles kills before he fights the river is called Asteripheus. And he's come very recently to Troy. And he's the son of a Thracian river.

And river gods. And river gods. Yeah. No, it's a whole panoply and they've got different status. And there are arguments about status. So the last guy that Achilles kills before he fights the river is called Asteripheus. And he's come very recently to Troy. And he's the son of a Thracian river.