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According to W.T. Jones t [Zeus] is thwarted and harassed by his wife, by his numerous progeny, and still more by his numerous relatives, in much the same way that a human father is often dominated by the members of his household.? _________

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According to W.T. Jones, Homer compared, for example, with the all mighty Christian god, Zeus is far away from this concept due to the fact that he is thwarted and harassed by his wife, by his numerous progeny, and by his still more numerous relatives, making him much more similar to the way that a human father is often dominated by members of his household.

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Homer stories portraited the gods´and Greek feudal aristrocracy men society in his epics saga permeated with religion and moral, that have prevailed with mythic inspiration.

Homer is not mainly interested in narrating heavenly events, but in the anthropomophic connections that showed that the only difference between gods and human beings was immortality, that legitimized the lineage, as the common people were distinguished from the nobility by rank, prestige and power, as the gods were from mortals. But although admitting Zeus as divine center and impulsive, he was tormented by his househld members. He is often harassed by his numerous relatives, thwarted by his spouse and intimidated by his progeny. Resembling a human father, Homer transferes the human drama to the heavenly members, with a lillte irony showing them as moody and vain, pointing out that men worship gods because the are powerful and not because they are good.

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