The gods are associated with "godlike Achilles" frequently when he is in his prime and upholding the ethical principle of justice through his abstention from war, but when fighting "inhumanely", the gods are no longer associated with him as they reassume their anthromorphic status. ... The upholders of justice in the poem are mortals such as Achilles. ... The gods are used for dramatic purposes to invoke and enhance images of terror and grandeur, for example, in Achilles aristeria, to be guardians of fate " I am afraid that he may reach beyond his fate and storm the wall"(pg 323). ... By the e...

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