HumanitiesClassicsReligious StudiesAncient GreekAncient ReligionGreek LiteratureGreek MythologyGreek ReligionCharacterization Of GodDivine BeingsDivine EncounterDivine ExistenceDivine LanguageDivine RepresentationGreek GodsMoments
THE GODS IN THE ILIAD' generally work unperceived by the mortal characters because, as Athena tells Diomedes, a mist veils mortal eyes that prevents them from distinguishing the divine.2 When, for one reason or another, the mist does not entirely obfuscate a mortal's senses, he glimpses the divine forces that govern the world and so experiences an epiphany. The regular absence from the Iliad of mortal awe and divine awesomeness at such moments has perhaps encouraged