Post #3

In the beginning of books five and six, a man named Diomedes is injured. After being injured, he prays to Athena, and asks her for help, so that he can get revenge. Athena gives him the ability of super strength. With this he kills many Trojans. This event gave me an interesting thought, about how the Gods intervene so much in the story, and their interventions really affect how the war sways between the two sides. Whenever something momentous happens in the epic, it is usually due to something the Gods have done. I think that it is extremely interesting that the Gods want to influence humanity so much, when you would think that they would want them to be able to settle things for themselves. I am still enjoying the book, but I still hold my gripes about too much fighting, and not enough attention to the development of a better plot or characters.