Im Not A Classicist, But I Suspect One Of The Reasons So Many Of The Greek Gods Are Portrayed So Unflatteringly

I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.

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Severe storm to the northwest, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

"gen alpha is so cooked they don't use cds" is the new "gen z don't know what a vhs is" which is the new "millennials don't know what a rotary phone is" which is the new "gen x don't listen to the radio enough fuck television" which is the new "boomers listen to the radio too much read a book" which is the new "generation ???? read too much go work in the factories" which is the new "generation ???????? work in the factories too much go work in the fields" which is the new "kids should stop working in the fields and start hunting their food" which is the new "grug baby stupid. grug baby eat rocks. grug throw baby away"