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When reading the mythology book, examine the hero tales closely (focus on the Greek and Roman heroes). What do these tales have in common?

Many heroes triumphs or failures were brought about them by the Gods. Such as the Judgement of Paris, when Eris delivered a golden apple that said 'For the Fairest', and three goddesses wanted it. (Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.) After Aphrodite had promised him the fairest woman to wed, he chose her, and then she ended up giving him a woman who was about to be wed.

Hera's constant jealousy caused a lot of stories in the Illiad, as well as the Odyssey, for her unfaithful husband Zues was constantly longing for other woman.

The Odyssey began over the terrible Fall of Troy and the constant intervention of the God's.
When thought about, the tales told would not be as interesting without the God's, and Hamilton even thought that humans were better without them. But without the gods, the stories may have never been told.