With Homer there is a chaos of wills, including among the gods.

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Homer's Iliad plays on conflicts of will between the gods. Destiny is not the will of one god as it would be among Jews, Christians and Muslims. None of Homer's gods lays out a general law of historical development. With Homer there is a chaos of wills, including among the gods. There is uncertainty and this makes drama. (There is no drama in the preordained.)
[Source: Religion, Myth and the Ancient Greeks http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch07b-eu.htm]

I was wandering why "Homer" is used, not "Iliad."
And I'd like to know "a chaos of wills" is implicit before "among."
Thank you in advance for your help.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

park sang joonI was wandering why "Homer" is used, not "Iliad."

Homer is the author. "With Homer" = According to Homer's beliefs
The corresponding sentence for the epic poem would be: In the Iliad there is a chaos of wills...

park sang joonAnd I'd like to know "a chaos of wills" is implicit before "among."

There's no reason for that noun phrase to be implicit.
I don't understand your question.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your another kind answer.

I know "including the gods" is a adverbial phrase.
But, I don't know what "including among" means.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

park sang joonBut, I don't know what "including among" means.

Now I get it.

including [clashes/conflicts] among the gods

With Homer there is a chaos of wills, including among the gods.

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