Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: 0ivind AndersenT HE CONTRAST BETWEEN A Bewv y8vO~ (II.6.180) and the yeve~ dvJpmv (6.146) pervades the whole of the Homeric poems. 1 The gods, who live on ambrosia and nectar, are immortal and forever young.Yet the Homeric gods at one time did not exist and were born; Zeus did not always hold sway; gods act and react much like human beings, and are subject to suffering.2 In short, Homer's picture of the divine existence does not make absurd the idea that gods may ultimately die, as is said to be the case with Ares at II. 5.388-91:
Author: Øivind Andersen
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1511626142