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.
Now the gods were sitting with Zeus in council upon the golden floor while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink, and as they pledged one another in their cups of gold they looked down upon the town of Troy.
The sire of gods and men heeded her words, and said to Athena, "Go at once into the Trojan and Achaean hosts, and contrive that the Trojans shall be the first to break their oaths and set upon the Achaeans.
Do as you will, but we other gods shall not all of us approve your counsel.
Odyssey
The assembly of the gods, presided over by Zeus, in which Athena raises the matter of Odysseus's suffering and Zeus responds.
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.
"Did you not send him there yourself, because you thought [ noos] it would help Odysseus to get home and punish the suitors?