Greek Polytheism - A Murky Preface to Christianity

In pre-Christian antiquity, theological discourse was governed by the notion that there are many paths to the truth and multiple explanations for phenomena. By appealing to a particular history as the source of knowledge of God, Christian thinkers transgressed the conventions that governed civilized theological discourse in antiquity. Homer may not have written poetry about gods quite in line with the deities of Stoicism and Christianity but his diverse resplendence had an incalculable influence on the way that readers thought about the divine forever after.