Sublime

Fortunately, we know Yahweh was not the one and only “God” but just a minor local ruler. His insignificance and weakness caused him to issue cruel orders, as we shall see. The need to maintain his power was more important than any other concern.

Titan Lord Atlas.

Et Arès excitait les uns, et Athènè aux yeux clairs excitait les autres, et partout allaient la crainte et la terreur et la furieuse et insatiable Éris, soeur et compagne d'Arès tueur d'hommes, et qui, d'abord, est faible, et qui, les pieds sur la terre, porte bientôt sa tête dans l'Ouranos. Et elle s'avançait à travers la foule, éveillant la haine

This is a basic point in mythology: that the individual is performing an act not out of his own impulse, but in accord with the order of the universe.