"Wise and Just?"

Justice from the word just, is the quality to be equal or to treat others as one would one to be treated. Wisdom is the quality to have knowledge of what is true or right joined with just judgment as to actions or decisions.  Justice and Wisdom, these are two of the four cardinal virtues that Greeks believed in. The Greeks believed in these four virtues because they want to be like their Gods.

The Greeks believed that their gods are just and wise but I disagree to that statement. The Greek gods may be wise but they are not just. They are not just because the gods take sides in battles.

In the Book seven of Iliad shows that Apollo, god of the sun and Athena the daughter of Zeus shows that they do not possess the quality of being just because on how they take sides in war. They wanted the Trojans to win the battle.

Athena the daughter of Zeus and Apollo god of the sun rouse Hector’s powerful fighting spirit and let him challenge one of Achaeans to fight him alone. The Achaeans grew silent and was ashamed to duck the challenge of Hector. Only one Achaean stood up and it was Menelaus but Agamemnon’s words stopped him from accepting the challenge of Hector. The one who fought with Hector was Ajax the son Telamon. Apollo, the god of the son was supporting Hector in the fight.  In the middle of Hector’s and Ajax’s battle, Zeus the king of the gods, and the only god that has the quality to be just stopped them. Zeus is said to be equal because he does not take sides in his decisions. Hector and Ajax agreed in Zeus advice

The gods like Apollo, god of the sun and Athena, the daughter of Zeus are wise but they are not just in their decisions and actions. The way they take sides in battle shows their inequality, therefore I disagree to the statement “The Greek gods are wise and just”.