ander's involvement brings in Hephaestus and then all the other gods begin fighting in the Trojan war. Zeus' sublime request for the gods to take on their part in the war resulted in little response, but a mortal's fighting led to an uproar action of the gods in the war (Duzer 57-66).When multiple gods coexist, disagreement will occur. The gods always held different opinions regarding the treatment of humans, and there was always someone to help the humans escape from the gods' wrath. Homer's Odyssey depicted a god attempting to destroy a specific human. Poseidon continually attempted to destroy Odysseus. But on numerous occasions, other gods were present to help the hero survive. When Poseidon sent Odysseus' ship in the wrong direction, Aeoleus gave the hero a bag which encaptured every counterproductive wind. When Odysseus fell into the sea after departing from Calypso's island, Ino, a sea nymph, gave him an enchanted scarf to aid his directional sense. Athena also made constant provision, saving Odysseus from destruction and hopelessness many times. A major weakness of the pantheist structure was the discord among the gods. The pantheon limited the power of the members within it (Duzer 57-66).The gods are also guilty of hubris in these works. It is almost as though they are so arrogant that they find humor in watching the humans struggle. In The Illiad, Zeus decides to watch the humans fight instead of helping them. "These mortals do concern me, dying as they are. Still, here I stay on Olympus throned aloft, here in my steep mountain cleft, to feast my eyes and delight my heart." ( Homer Book 20, 26-29). Melchert describes this scene like the way we watch soap operas on television today, with no real purpose to help, just out of entertainment or comical purposes (8-9).In opposition to the fact that the gods are limiting and faulty, Jin Chung states the "although the God's are associated with human and anthropomorphic' qu...
