Question

Read the passage from Heracles.

In both ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology, angering a god brought about dire consequences. In Heracles's case, he attracted Hera's wrath simply by being the illegitimate son of her husband, Zeus. Gilgamesh's troubles magnify when the goddess Ishtar falls in love with and is spurned by him. She begs her father to unleash the Bull of Heaven. With each breath, the Bull causes the ground to open up and swallow hundreds of people. Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay the bull, resulting in the gods' decision that one of them—Enkidu—must die. These stories instilled the message that to keep away the forces of chaos, one needed to give the gods what they wanted. This meant worshipping the gods and tending to their temples on a daily basis.

The author gives the details of Heracles’s and Gilgamesh’s interaction with the gods to show that

Answer 1

The consequences of provoking the wrath of any god were terrible, no matter what god it was.

Step-by-step explanation:

Both Heracles and Gilgamesh had an interaction with the Gods, this interaction provoked anger and hatred in some god who inflicted horrible punishment on both heroes. The wrath of these gods is so terrible that even the people suffer terrible damage. The author reveals this in the text, to show that no matter what god is angry, in mythology, this anger will always have terrible consequences.

Answer 2

although the specific gods involved differed, the overall results were the same.