This belief becomes very apparent in Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey-. Throughout the poem it is plain to see that the gods are driven by the same basic impulses "love, lust and jealousy "that drive men to action. ... Pallas's defense of Odysseus is not based on him being a wronged man; she defends him because he is Odysseus, king of Ithaca. Although the reasons behind this sympathy are not really dealt with in the poem, it is obvious that this preference could not be objectively justified. ... Odysseus blinding of Poseidon's son, Polyphemus leads the earthquake god o...

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