Council of the gods
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
council of the gods · divine council · the gods' council
in the texts
Iliad
The gathering of the gods on Olympus in which Zeus, Hera, and Athena debate the fate of Troy and decide to reignite the war.
Do as you will, but we other gods shall not all of us approve your counsel.
I am Kronos' eldest daughter, and am honorable not on this ground only, but also because I am your wife, and you are king over the gods.
Zeus was angry and answered, "My dear, what harm have Priam and his sons done you that you are so hotly bent on sacking the city of Ilion?
Odyssey
The assembly of the gods, presided over by Zeus, in which Athena raises the matter of Odysseus's suffering and Zeus responds.
"Did you not send him there yourself, because you thought [ noos] it would help Odysseus to get home and punish the suitors?
And now, as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonos - harbinger of light alike to mortals and immortals - the gods met in council and with them, Zeus the lord of thunder, who is their king.
"Father Zeus," said she, "and all you other gods that live in everlasting bliss, I hope there may never be such a thing as a kind and well-disposed ruler any more, nor one who will govern equitably.