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The Odyssey and the Book of Enoch: Were the Gods Fallen Angels?
The release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has renewed public interest in Homer's monsters and sorceresses, but some ancient readers saw the epic as more than fantasy. The Book of Enoch describes a pre-Flood era when two hundred angels descended upon Mount Hermon, swore an oath, and took human wives. Their offspring, the giants called the Nephilim, are said to have devoured humanity and spread corruption across the earth.
Ancient translators and early Church Fathers later connected these accounts to classical mythology. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek, the Nephilim became…
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