All of these practices, however, share a collective purpose in worshipping and honoring a higher being, in most cases, a god-like figure. ... Initially, a god's confirmation for a mortal may be solely based upon the quantity of contributions they have made to the immortal community. As Zeus clarifies his opinion of hero Odysseus to his daughter Athena, who is seeking his help in protecting the suffering him from the ceaseless danger he has encountered, he proclaims, " 'Great Odysseus who excels all men in wisdom, excels in offerings too he gives the immortal gods who rule the va...

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