
Episode 10: Homer's Gods (Homer's Iliad, Books 9-16)
Literature and History
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Xenophanes' 'One God, Greatest Among Gods and Men'
Early Greek philosopher Xenophanes was a henotheist, placing high importance on Zeus. To Xenophanes, Zeus didn't have to ever move anywhere because he was everywhere simultaneously. He suggests an idea not widely in circulation until the 1800s: gods do not create men, but men create gods and they create gods in their own image.
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