“We everlasting god…ah what chilling blows we suffer thanks to our own conflicting wills, whenever we show these mortal men some kindness.” This quote is said by Ares when he was wounded by Diomedes in Book 5. It is important because it sums up the relationship between gods and mortals. In the Iliad, the relationship between the humans and the Gods are different from many other cultures. In the Iliad, the Gods seem to see the human people as pawns on a chess board. In many cases gods are the same as man, they feel love, passion, and hate as man, the only difference is immortality, wisdom, and powers. The gods often invest in the mortal world emotionally. Ares categorizes this emotion as kindness. The gods and goddesses
“We everlasting god…ah what chilling blows we suffer thanks to our own conflicting wills, whenever we show these mortal men some kindness.” This quote is said by Ares when he was wounded by Diomedes in Book 5. It is important because it sums up the relationship between gods and mortals. In the Iliad, the relationship between the humans and the Gods are different from many other cultures. In the Iliad, the Gods seem to see the human people as pawns on a chess board. In many cases gods are the same as man, they feel love, passion, and hate as man, the only difference is immortality, wisdom, and powers. The gods often invest in the mortal world emotionally. Ares categorizes this emotion as kindness. The gods and goddesses