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Originally Posted by crich70
To them everything was dependent on the 'Gods' who could be angered by almost anything or who could decide to do something that caused harm to mortals on a whim if nothing else. And woe to any man who offended the Gods somehow. Their plays weren't only entertainment but warnings to not attract the attention of their Gods lest you find yourself in deep trouble.
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I think that in the context of the plays, the gods were constructs used to convey shorthand explanations of psychological truths underlying human actions, bearing in mind the audience's expectation that the universe should somehow be an orderly or rational place, but obviously isn't always one.