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Homeric Prayer
In the Homeric works humans indirectly control their destiny by their actions and decisions. Homer allows his heroic mortals to stand close to the gods. Characters communicate with their gods through prayers, in an act which merges the divine world of the epic creation with that of mankind. Gods usually hear, often react and sometimes grant human prayers in epic poetry. “But Zeus does not bring to accomplishment all thoughts in men’s minds” (Iliad, XVIII 328), as Achilleus stresses in admitting humanity’s restrained power.
==The Power of Prayer==
Homeric prayers, signaling moments at which the fictional characters face extreme threats, can and do determine the events of the plot. The prayers of the heroes seek specific tangible benefits from the gods expressing their belief that the gods superintend mortals, sympathize with them, become involved in human affairs, answer their prayers or deny their wishes. In literature an included prayer externalizes sentiments of panic or highlights pivotal moments in the narrative. Prayer becomes more than a mere verbal expression of one’s wish; it is a means to channel feelings, thoughts, energy, spiritual tension, a ritual which if performed as an act of honor or duty is powerful enough to change the course of the world of the epic creation with only constraint the mortal characters' inevitable fatal end.
Phoinix, a fictional character in the Iliad, commenting upon the power of prayer reinforces that: “the very immortals can be moved; their virtue and honor and strength are greater than ours are, / and yet with sacrifices and offerings for endearment, / with libations and with savor men turn back even the immortals / in supplication, when any man does wrong and transgresses” (Iliad, IX 497-501)
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