The Eris of Homer 280 Classification of the twenty Olympian deities 282 The remaining supernatural order, in six classes 283 Destiny or Fate in Homer 285 Under the form of Αἶσα 286 Death inexorable to Fate or Deity alike 287 Destiny under the form of Μοῖρα 290 Under the form of μόρος 293 General view of the Homeric Destiny 294 Not antagonistic to Divine will 297 The minor impersonations of natural powers 298 The Ἁρπυῖαι of Homer 300 The Erinues of Homer 302 Their office is to vindicate the moral order 305 Their operation upon the Immortals 306 Their connection with Aides and Persephone 308 Their relation to Destiny 310 Their operation upon man 310 Their occasional function as tempters 312 The translation of mortals 313 The deification of mortals 314 Growth of material for its extension 316 The kindred of the gods (1) the Cyclopes 318 (2) The Læstrygones 319 (3) The Phæacians 320 (4) Æolus Hippotades 322 SECT. V. _The Olympian Community and its Members considered in themselves._ The family order in Olympus 325 The political order in Olympus 326 Absence of important restraints upon their collective action 327 They are influenced by courtesy and intelligence 328 Superiority of the Olympian Immortals 330 Their unity imperfect 331 Their polity works constitutionally 332 The system not uniform 333 They are inferior in morality to men 334 And are governed mainly by force and fraud 335 Their dominant and profound selfishness 337 The cruelty of Calypso in her love 339 Their standard of taste and feeling low 340 The Olympian life is a depraved copy of the heroic 341 The exemption from death uniform 342 The exemption from other limitations partial 345 Sometimes based on peculiar grounds 346