The Greek gods and goddesses are very similar to people and very different from the Christian god. These different traits can be seen in all gods with their emotions. Some apparent emotions seen in gods and goddesses are lust, jealousy, vanity, disloyalty, and their ability to feel pain. Lust is a human emotion not felt, and even disapproved of, by the Christian God. However, Zeus has difficulty controlling this specific emotion. Zeus was married to Hera, but still has affairs with other women, not excluding mortals. The names of some of these women are Europa, Io, Alkamine and Semele. When he fell in love with Europa he transformed into a bull and took her across the sea. Io was transformed into a cow because of their love. Alkamine was the mother of Zeus' son, Hercules, and Semele was the mother of Zeus' son, Dionysus. The fact that Zeus would partake in an emotion considered so morally wrong is decidedly human compared to the Christian God, who in his "perfection" would never even feel such an emotion. In part, lust ties into the fellow human emotion, jealousy. Zeus' wife, Hera, was very jealous of Zeus' other lovers. She was so jealous of Io that, after discovering Io's relationship with Zeus, she turned Io into a cow. Hera even punished the forest nymph, Echo, when Zeus did not have a relationship with her at all. She only suspected that Zeus was having an affair with one of the forest nymphs and was distracted from her search by Echo's chatter. Hera became angry and condemned her to never have the power to speak first. You always have to talk to her before she can speak. Hera's unjust punishment of women out of jealousy is humane compared to the Christian God because, according to the teachings, He is just and for...... middle of paper ...... hurt her so badly emotionally that she took away all the warmth and happiness from nature, thus bringing winter. The Christian God does not feel pain. Human beings feel pain. These are just two of the many ways the gods felt pain. From what we can see, the Greek gods and goddesses are very human-like and unholy in many ways. Among the few things that separated them from humans was their immortality and unnatural powers. Otherwise, their many emotions connect them very much to humans. Among these emotions are lust (Zeus), jealousy (Hera and Aphrodite), vanity (Narcissus and Aphrodite), disloyalty (Zeus and Prometheus), and the ability to feel pain (Prometheus and Demeter). Ironically, Zeus displays most of these human traits. He, the main god, seems to be the least divine of all. This is how the Greek gods and goddesses differ from the Christian god.