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e Gods The role of the gods in the Trojan War proved to be a major importance in the final outcome and the psychological wellbeing of the mortals who fought for both the Trojan side and the Achaians side. The Greek Gods high, on Olympus watched the bloody battlefi ....

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.... within their everyday lives so that these strange happenings made sense to them. The role of the gods needs to be interpreted as well as the various myths that surround the great Greek epic poem The Iliad by Homer. One instance when the gods were used to explain a strange and unusual thing was towards the beginning of the book. When King Agamemnon didn't give up his wife, a priestess of Apollo, the god became angry and did this to the Achaian people "First he attacked the mules and dogs, then he shot his keen arrows at the men and hit each mark. Pyres of the dead began to burn up everywhere and never ceased" (p12) This to me sou ....