Gods of War

The Gods or Deities of the Greeks are believed to be wise and just, but are they really wise or just? They are believed to be just but as I stated at my last post Hera, The Godess of Fertility, was not just because she is taking sides specifically to the Achaians for example at book 8 she told this to Poseidon "For shame, Earthshaker! Even you for all your strength care nothing for the Danaans! ... If only we who help the Danaans could make up and push the Trojans and to keep Zeus away, ... " But, she is wise because she gave advises to Athena, who also sides to the Achaians, which helped the Achaians not to lose in the war. A proof that she is wise is also in book 8 when she is talking to Athena and quoted "... I think now had better not fight against Zeus for the sake of mortal men. As for them, let one die and another live, just as it may happen. As for him---let him keep his own counsel and judge between the Trojans and Danaans, for that is right and proper."

But Hera is not the only one who is unjust or wise, there are still more Gods and Goddesses like Athena, and Apollo. Apollo,God of Music and the Sun, is also unjust because he is siding at the Trojans. He is siding at Trojans because the Achaians really King Agamenmon did not accept the ransom for his daughter, a prize at Thebe. Since then he sided at the Trojans. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare, is also unjust for she has been siding at the Achaians because she has an altar in one of the Achaian countries. There is one conversation which proves that they are both unjust but wise. This conversation is at book 7 were they have agreed to stop the war at that day for there are still other days that the Trojans and the Achaians to fight. To stop them from fighting Apollo and Athena agreed that there would be a man to man combat to end the fighting for that day. They were both responsible in that situation but still you cannot take away the siding of both Gods.


For the past examples and discussions I have made in this post it is like I'm concluding that all Gods are unjust  but wise but this is wrong not all Gods are unjust but all are wise. A God who is both just and wise is the God of all Gods, Zeus, He is almighty and he does not abuse his power. He doesn't take sides but he tries to make the war at its best by balancing the war to make it equal. At the start of book 8 Zeus called for an assembly in Olympos there he told all Gods and Goddesses not to interfere in the war of the Trojans and Achaians. We could clearly see that he is just, he doesn't like when the war gets uneven or unfair he only likes that there would be a fair and equal battle whoever wins the war woulds have won it fair and square. Also as we could see Zeus being wise for he is thinking that taking sides would make the opponent or the enemy be in a worse state than the one with a God or Goddess by their side.

For me, I cannot say that all Gods are just because there are also Gods who are unjust but I can surely say that all of them are wise.