What are English teachers trained to reply should they ever have a



What are English teachers trained to reply should they ever have a student raise his/her hand and ask during a lesson about "The Odyssey" by Homer or any lesson that involves Greek mythology: "Back at that ancient time, what would a clergyman have replied to someone that asked him why should people follow the gods if the gods themselves are NOT the paragons of excellence seeing that Poseidon raped Medusa and Athena punished Medusa instead of Poseidon and Zeus had many lovers and the list goes on and on and on and on?"