Professor Peter Green explains why belief in destiny was so popular in Greece: “In an uncertain world, where men were increasingly loath to be responsible for their own decisions, and indeed often felt themselves mere puppets, jerked from point to point by the requirements of a Fate as inscrutable as it was inflexible, divine oracular fiat [fate determined by the gods] was one way of having the future mapped out on the individual’s behalf.
एक इतिहासकार कहते हैं, “देवताओं की मरज़ी जानने की उनकी हुनरमंदी बेमिसाल थी । ” मगर बाबुल के धर्म और इन धारणाओं को सिर्फ मिस्र ने ही नहीं बल्कि कई और देशों ने भी अपना लिया था ।