Blaming the Gods

“ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται. ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν”

(It’s astonishing how ready mortals are to blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own wickedness that brings them sufferings worse than any Destiny allots them) – Homer, of course…