Homer's Iliad - The End of the Trojan War

Homer's Iliad was written seven centuries before Ovid recorded the tale of Arachnie in the metamorphoses. Scholar Robin Waterfield writes that being pictured as superhumans, Homer's gods could not be omnipresent or omniscient. In addition to having appetites and lusts and easily bruised egos, these gods support various individuals and factions within the war. Not a single deity in Homer has any regard for innocent lives or average blameless soldiers. Pius individuals who petition their chosen gods consistently and with fitting sacrifices still do not get their prayers answered.