So he spoke, and balanced the spear far
shadowed, and threw it;
but glorious Hektor kept his eyes on him, and
avoided it,
for he dropped, watchful, to his knee, and the
bronze spear flew over his shoulder
and stuck in the ground, but Pallas Athene
snatched it, and gave it
back to Achilleus, unseen by Hektor shepherd of
the people.
–The Iliad of Homer,
Richard Lattimore
What ancient Greek belief does this passage most clearly illustrate?
the power of fate
the value of heroic traits
the importance of funeral rites
the gods’ influence on human events
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The gods' influence on human events
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