Speaking of the Gods

Michael Winterbottom

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Classical Antiquity Studies Classical Studies and Philology Classical Philosophy and Thought

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In an excellent article on ‘The Philosophy of the Odyssey’ Dr. R. B. Rutherford draws renewed attention to the need to ‘distinguish between the poet's statements and the words of his characters’, and adds: ‘This principle also affects the view we take of the gods’ concern for justice in the Iliad: the Greeks, believing themselves in the right, sometimes declare that the gods must think likewise… But the scenes on Olympus which the poet allows us to witness do not generally bear this out.’

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1951The Greeks and the Irrational 1960MERIT AND RESPONSIBILITY 1967A History of Greek Literature 1971The justice of Zeus 1966A history of Greek literature 1977Studies in the Odyssey 1964The Ulysses Theme

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