Olympian Shootout

[sdi]

I just noticed something funny about how I characterize the Intellect as 1, gods as prime numbers, and all other souls as composite numbers.

Do you remember how, in the first book of the Iliad, Hephaistos urges Hera to reconcile with Zeus by saying that He is as strong as all the other gods put together? Well, let us suppose a being's "strength" consists of how many souls participate in it: all souls participate in the Intellect, half of souls participate in the greatest god, a third of souls participate in the next greatest god (some of which also participate in the greatest), a fifth of souls in the next greatest (some of which also participate in the two greatest), etc.

As the greatest god, Zeus would correspond to the number 2, and so half of all souls participate in Him. The other half, therefore, participate in all the other gods put together. Thus, Hephaistos' statement is literally true under my model!

If we limit ourselves to the first twelve gods (e.g. first twelve primes), then 50% of all souls participate in Zeus; ~35% participate in at least one of the other Olympians (but not in Zeus); and ~15% participate only in gods not among the Olympians. So unless Hera managed to get Thetis on her side, along with all the other Oceanids, Naiads, Nymphs, and so on, She and the other Olympians wouldn't stand a chance!