gods and humans of the iliad

The greek good encourage the war and general conflicts between the humans. They use dreams and sometimes take human forms to manipulate and at times physically move people. They weant conflict as it gives them something amusing to do and watch. They care about their favorite players.
The gods treat the mortals lives like a game of sorts. The gods act and behave like their playing a board game with characters that can both move on their own and be easily moved by the gods hands. It is also a board game where the characters are aware of, rely on and are separated from the ones playing the game. The gods all pick sides and influence characters to do specific things to help the side they are on. In the Iliad there are 4 on each side, on the Trojan side are: Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. On the Greek side are: Athena, Hera, Poseidon, and Hermes. Like a board game where they push the characters to do things that may end up causing things they don’t want to happen, to happen. Ei. Hector killing Patroclus which ends up lending to his death. Whose death was first initiated by Apollo s...