Homer's writings are Greek creation myths, do to the fact that other religions such as Judaism and Christianity believed that Gods came first, and then man, but Homer believed that man came first, then the Gods came in the form of man, man's image. Also Homer was talking all about life, and how the Gods came to be and all that. But he never even said any thing about the creation of the earth. He just skipped it, and went right into talking about the Gods.
The function of the Iliaid and the Odyssey was to give the Greeks answers about history, and to stop them from questioning many things. It made them feel very comfortable, and gave them something to lean on. It also gave the Greeks a great story to tell everyone. You could kind of call the lliad and the Odyssey the Greeks Bible.
I feel that Homer's work would still stand out from others, even they survived, and we had them today, mostly because Homer's work was really a foundation for all the Greeks, and it gave them a great story to tell others. So it was pretty much their bible, and without it they wouldn't be as great.
Homer's work was able to survive do to the fact that the story was very well told, widely spread, and many educated Greeks were able to memorize the whole story. There were also many wrote copies of his work, that were kept in many places, and a lot of the copies were kept in places like Egypt, where the climate is very dry, and is easily preserved. That is how Homer's work was able to survive while many others did not.
The Gods played many roles in the lives of humans, but quite frankly the Gods didn't really like the humans that much, they hated them, and every day the Gods would affect the humans in some way or another, maybe by creating a flood or something of that nature. Every day the Gods were either aided or frustrated with the humans, and they weren't very nice to them either. So really the Gods were not very nice, and they were mean bullies that bullied the humans every day.
The picture above is an ancient sculpture of Homer who wrote the llaid and the Odyssey.
Homer's work was able to survive do to the fact that the story was very well told, widely spread, and many educated Greeks were able to memorize the whole story. There were also many wrote copies of his work, that were kept in many places, and a lot of the copies were kept in places like Egypt, where the climate is very dry, and is easily preserved. That is how Homer's work was able to survive while many others did not.
The Gods played many roles in the lives of humans, but quite frankly the Gods didn't really like the humans that much, they hated them, and every day the Gods would affect the humans in some way or another, maybe by creating a flood or something of that nature. Every day the Gods were either aided or frustrated with the humans, and they weren't very nice to them either. So really the Gods were not very nice, and they were mean bullies that bullied the humans every day.
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