Re: Request for help

Ivanovas/Milatos wrote:

> I can't well imagine Homer would have said 'God' in this case - that seems
> to me somewhat anachronistic! He'd either say Zeus (who wouldn't be the one
> to give bread, on the other hand, that would have been Demeter) or 'the
> Gods'. And he might typically add : 'because he/they can do whatever they
> like' (cf. Odyssey, 4, 236: Zeus gives luck and bad luck both, to him
> everything is possible).

Thank you, Sabine, for your kind words and welcome.

There is a linguistic aspect in your comment and a contextual one.
On the former, "Homer" could well have used 'Theos', as its singular
form is often met, usually for Apollo, but for Zeus as well [cf. Il.
1.516], and in fact for any deity [Il. 1.178]. It wasn't Theos=God, to
be precise, it was theos=god.
Contextually, you are certainly right. Whoever deity is to be meant in
the first part cannot be identical with the second one, but with one
possible exception -stretched well enough!- of thea Gaia. -

Christos