It was regarded as the prison of the gods, and not as the place of torment for wicked men, being to the gods what Erebos was to men, — the abode of those who were driven from the supernal world128. […] His office was to give light to men and gods during the day. […] Their bodies are also of a finer nature than those of men. […] With the form, the Homeric gods also partake of the passions of men. […] Zeus and Hermes came one time in the form of men to a town in Phrygia.