I wonder if there is a way to connect Athena's perception that Zeus hates her with Hector's doing the will of Achilles through Zeus. Egoistic Athena "attacks" *herself* through her false belief about Zeus's thoughts. Hector attacks *himself* through aligning his will to such a god as Zeus. Thank you for pulling these points out.
I'd like to hear more of your thoughts regarding free will. It seems that a key difference between Greek polytheism and Christianity is that the latter offered a belief system more congenial to a belief in free will.
Thank you for your hard work. This is a great breakdown before I delve into the book itself
Glad to hear it!
I wonder if there is a way to connect Athena's perception that Zeus hates her with Hector's doing the will of Achilles through Zeus. Egoistic Athena "attacks" *herself* through her false belief about Zeus's thoughts. Hector attacks *himself* through aligning his will to such a god as Zeus. Thank you for pulling these points out.
I'd like to hear more of your thoughts regarding free will. It seems that a key difference between Greek polytheism and Christianity is that the latter offered a belief system more congenial to a belief in free will.
Keep watching-it comes up a lot. The Greeks themselves keep bringing up the question in different ways, and some of their answers are rather familiar.