A Handbook of Greek Religion
A Handbook of Greek Religion
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Grace. 3. 711; cp. Odyssey, 19. 163; Hesiod, Theog. 570 f. ; Aristophanes, Aves, 686. The whole subject is treated in Preller-Robert, Griecli. Myth. I. 29-105.
2 Cp. Introduction, p, 30.
THE GREEK GODS 139 ship and in myth the Greek freely created for himself a personal universe ; his world was made up of men and gods, many gods, each of them (like a man) working from some one point or within some definite sphere. What man can use, what helps or hinders him, the source of good and the source of... evil, find expression in these Greek gods. Such a belief enables a man to handle evil hke a human enemy, to seek blessing as from human benefactors ; all that affects him is part of the intelligent society to which he himself belongs. The fire, as useful as it is treacherous, is the province of Hephaestus ; all the dangers and changeableness of the sea are reflected in Poseidon and his followers ; an Artemis is there to guide the hunter, a Demeter to make the grain sprout, a Hermes or Apollo to watch over the herds ; Athena is the spirit of wisdom, Hermes of shrewdness.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Grace. 3. 711; cp. Odyssey, 19. 163; Hesiod, Theog. 570 f. ; Aristophanes, Aves, 686. The whole subject is treated in Preller-Robert, Griecli. Myth. I. 29-105.
2 Cp. Introduction, p, 30.
THE GREEK GODS 139 ship and in myth the Greek freely created for himself a personal universe ; his world was made up of men and gods, many gods, each of them (like a man) working from some one point or within some definite sphere. What man can use, what helps or hinders him, the source of good and the source of... evil, find expression in these Greek gods. Such a belief enables a man to handle evil hke a human enemy, to seek blessing as from human benefactors ; all that affects him is part of the intelligent society to which he himself belongs. The fire, as useful as it is treacherous, is the province of Hephaestus ; all the dangers and changeableness of the sea are reflected in Poseidon and his followers ; an Artemis is there to guide the hunter, a Demeter to make the grain sprout, a Hermes or Apollo to watch over the herds ; Athena is the spirit of wisdom, Hermes of shrewdness.
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