The Relationship Between Gods and Humans in Odyssey

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The Relationship between gods and humans in Odyssey
Historically, ancient Greek were religious people who strongly believed in gods and goddesses. They acknowledged the presence of gods and their intervention in their lives. Thus, Greek people held the existence of gods in high regard and adorned them with high reverence and respect. Therefore a relationship existed between gods and humans, in which gods were immortal, and humans were mortal.
In the Odyssey, Homer portrays that greek people often tried to please gods and goddesses, and in some cases, they were rewarded. In addition, they believed that gods communicated to them through actions or a spiritual guise; thus, the relationship between god and humans was complicated as, at some point, god did not want to meddle in the business of humans, and other times they interfered to fulfill their desire. For instance, Zeus admired Odysseus askin...