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In Homer’s Iliad there are two groups of characters – Gods and Humans. Each of these groups is sub-divided into competing factions. The Gods observe, manipulate and sometimes respond to Humans, and the Humans often appeal to the Gods and may revere, obey or defy them. And there are families that extend across both Gods and Humans (e.g. the hero Achilles’ mother is the Goddess Thetis).

In a computer game it might seem appropriate for the Gods to be AI based agents and the Humans to be human players.

I suspect that there are already many online computer games involving two groups eg Gods & Humans, but rather few using AI agent architectures and maybe none explicitly based on the Iliad. But the Iliad is surely a particularly interesting and challenging target.

NOTE the relevance to Gillian’s Hoop…

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