Nobody's Perfect (Even Gods)!!!

Gods are believed to be perfect. But for the Greeks, Gods can make mistakes, failures and they also have  weaknesses. Failure as defined at the dictionary is an omission of occurrence or performance and a failing to perform a duty or expected action. Weakness is the quality or state of being weak; also  an instance or period of being weak. Gods have weaknesses and one of the Gods who have weaknesses is the God of all Gods, Zeus.

Zeus, even if he is the God of all Gods, has weaknesses and one of is clearly seen in book fourteen. His weakness was shown when Hera, the Goddess of Fertility, had a plan to make the Achaians win the war and this would only happen if Zeus cannot interfere, her plan was to beautify herself by borrowing the charm of love from Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, Beauty and seduction, and desire and distract Zeus from watching the war. She bribed Sleep with a throne of solid gold and her own daughter, Pasithea, to make Zeus fall asleep when they lie in bed. Because she beautified herself, she invited Zeus to lie in bed with her and because of her beauty he agreed. When they lay in bed Sleep did his job and made Zeus fall asleep. This scene clearly states that Zeus has a huge weakness with love; he is easily distracted by Hera when she had beautified herself. The weakness of Zeus led to the helping of Poseidon, God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horses, to the Achaians thus made them stronger.

All of us have weaknesses even the Greek Gods. As I stated at my post that Zeus is one of the examples of Gods with weaknesses. The Greek Gods are not perfect but they are more higher in rank than us but the Greeks believed that they also have human traits that also lead them to some weaknesses and failures.