The Iliad and the Odyssey are not mere stories or action movie material; they are part of a millenia-old codex for the Greek ethos, that shaped the West. Ancient Greek culture was not built on sacred scriptures or rigid commandments but on a vibrant pantheon of anthropomorphic gods who mirrored human strengths, flaws, passions, and aspirations. Worship—through sacrifices, festivals, oracles, and myths—reinforced core societal values: reciprocity, order, excellence, moderation, and pragmatic wisdom. These deities embodied the ethos of a fragmented, competitive world of city-states and kingdoms, united as a nation by their language, culture, religion and moral system. It’s this moral system that the Western world was built upon and this piece might help you trace back some of the beliefs you were brought up with millennia later. Read my article on SS to get the whole story; i have also posted on X for my Subscribers. I will be posting pieces of it for the whole X community in the coming days; it's important for all of us to know the roots of our ethos! Substack link: open.substack.com/pub/thewol… X Article link: nitter.cf/thewolvenhour/status/2…