... the path to completing his fate, will in the end determine whether he is a puppet or not. It is important to realise that Fate is a greater power than Gods and Goddesses. The will of Jupiter is not Fate. Jupiter is simply the arbiter: he makes sure that Fate happens. Fate can only decide, for example, the start and the end of men and cities; it does not decide the 'path' taken to reach the end, but the end is always reached i.e. Fate is always completed. Gods cannot interfere with Fate (they cannot change destiny). However, Gods can intervene with Fate by changing the direction of the 'path'. A typical example of divine intervention is during the Greek siege of Troy. The Greeks knew that they were to overcome the Trojans because of Fate but they were "baffled" at how. Athena intervened to help the Greeks build the Wooden Horse ...

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