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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6184929" data-attributes="member: 2303">The Greek gods in the Iliad and Odyssey (which you compare to) basically had five ways to communicate with mortals.* Directly - this is not as rare as you'd think, but is mostly a background event, something that happens to young people in distant locations. The prime example is the Paris and The Apple incident.* By Dreams - Divinities could enter dreams and speak directly to their favorites. More rarely, the dream showed something that had to be interpreted.* By agent - the god can send a monster to express it's displeasure.* By Fate - Is everything going your way? Or does events conspire against you? Do people around you mysteriously disappear, die, or go mad? Chances are you have the eye of some god on you. See the next point for how to deal with this.* By Oracle - Oracles were both wandering seers and established temples with oracular powers. They can come with pronouncements spontaneously, but most often they are asked for advice. The advice of oracles is always cryptic and often impossible to understand except in hindsight. But if a god wishes you to do penance, they are often clear and direct, acting as mouthpieces of the god. The itinerant seers and stationary attendants at oracular shrines is the closest thing the ancient Greeks had to what we think of as clergy.</blockquote>