The Odyssey

by Homer

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In "The Odyssey", what are three examples that discuss the unfair and arbitrary nature of divine justice?

smiller123

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How and why are these examples unfair?

The people have tobe either half god or a god

Posted by smiller123 on October 5, 2008 at 1:09 PM and tagged with gods, homer, justice, odyssey, the odyssey

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I answered this question once before, but here it is again... 

Zeus sending the storm that blew Odysseus and his crew to the Land of the Lotus Eaters, leading him on a ten year journey to...

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Posted by amethystrose on October 10, 2008 at 3:13 AM

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