Iām not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.Ā Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, thatās what a king does.Ā Of course Artemisās wrath is wild and painful, thatās what nature can be.Ā Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her motherās arms, thatās what death does.Ā This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively toĀ ānicerā gods are kind of missing the point.
as someone who is partially a classicist, this is a better analysis of Greek mythology as a whole than 99.95% of the takes Iāve seen on here (and a substantial number of the takes Iāve seen in ~academia~)
