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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 7738330" data-attributes="member: 23484"><p>I suspect that this is meant as a deliberate insult to the corpse in order to cause pain and fear to the Trojans watching, but that may not be explicit. . </p><p></p><p>Every named hero (except Thersites in book 2) has a divine ancestor. Some have Olympian parents (e.g. Aeneas), some minor deities (Achilles), and some it goes back a few generations (Diomedes, Odysseus). But there's always a god somewhere. </p><p></p><p>The word demigod (hemitheos) is used in Hesiod (and possibly once in Homer, though some thing the line is posthomeric), but in Homer having a divine ancestor does not give you powers or abilities. The child of a god and a mortal is a mortal (exceptions include Dionysus who is sewn into Zeus' thigh and Heracles who achieves immortality through his heroic efforts). </p><p></p><p>Achilles' mom Thetis is a sea goddess (daughter of Nereus) and comes when he calls (books 1, 18). She can pull strings among the gods on Olympus (since she once put down an insurrection against Zeus (book 1). But Achilles is still (in Homer) able to be wounded and die. In fact, he knows he is fated to die at Troy if he fights for glory (book 9, where he says he had a choice).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 7738330, member: 23484"] I suspect that this is meant as a deliberate insult to the corpse in order to cause pain and fear to the Trojans watching, but that may not be explicit. . Every named hero (except Thersites in book 2) has a divine ancestor. Some have Olympian parents (e.g. Aeneas), some minor deities (Achilles), and some it goes back a few generations (Diomedes, Odysseus). But there's always a god somewhere. The word demigod (hemitheos) is used in Hesiod (and possibly once in Homer, though some thing the line is posthomeric), but in Homer having a divine ancestor does not give you powers or abilities. The child of a god and a mortal is a mortal (exceptions include Dionysus who is sewn into Zeus' thigh and Heracles who achieves immortality through his heroic efforts). Achilles' mom Thetis is a sea goddess (daughter of Nereus) and comes when he calls (books 1, 18). She can pull strings among the gods on Olympus (since she once put down an insurrection against Zeus (book 1). But Achilles is still (in Homer) able to be wounded and die. In fact, he knows he is fated to die at Troy if he fights for glory (book 9, where he says he had a choice). [/QUOTE]
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