Greek gods were men only bigger and more powerful than ordinary mortals. Man, neither a beast nor a god, was considered strange and beautiful. Despite the belief in the divine elements in man the Greeks gave him his own arête or virtue, to accomplish his utmost with his human nature. Man is condemned to death and his mortality was considered crucial and exciting by the fact of life’s brevity. The Greek gods possessed supernatural powers over human life but this power was limited by a concept of fate or moira. Gods were not considered to be omnipresent, omniscient or omnipotent yet they could reveal the future to humanity and divination was a central aspect of religious life.