
Review: Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
Nature and the Nation
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The Immorality of the Greek Gods
He talks about the ways in which the greek gods often are seen to commit deeds which seem immoral to us. He says this may have originated from a sort of early tribal culture, where leaders were able to impose laws that they necessarily themselves weren't always following. In such an ancient, primitive society, it really was a matter of the strong make the rules. And so brutality was rewarded, and immorality was oftentimes rewarded,. but with powerd so that the morality of such timesort of different.
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