UGC 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Sarpedon, Pandarus
4 Apr 2016
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The gods in the iliad act pretty much like humans. They make mistakes, influenced by human affairs, takes sides, etc. The gods perform specific services for those heroes they favor such as giving them victory in battle or athletic contests, etc. They take sides due to petty reasons and can use the mortals to fight out their battles. Hera, the patron goddess of women and the home, and athene, goddess or war and wisdom, are opposed to the trojans because paris said that aphrodite was more beautiful than them. Poseidon, the god of the sea, is also against the trojans, because laomedon, an ancient king of troy once enslaved him and made him build the city"s walls and then refused to pay him. The gods intervene pretty often in order to further along the events they want to happen like when athena, ordered by zeus, prompts pandarus to shoot at menelaus, restarting the battle.
