Plagued by the gods

Since everyone seems to be pointing out similarities between the Odyssey and the Aeneid, I figured I might as well jump on the bandwagon and go with it. But my point may be just a little different. While reading this I found myself highly frustrated with the gods. Just like in the Odyssey, the gods only appear when there is some kind of struggle going on. That, or the gods are bored and need some form of entertainment. Yes, it sounds lovely in theory that Athena and Venus helped Odysseus and Aeneus, but why did they even do it? Athena could have just sent Odysseus home instead of making him take a super long journey. Better than that, she could have helped years ago when he was first marooned on the island. Then in the Aenied, the gods are always fighting and bickering. How can you revere them when they don't even get along? The entire point here being that the gods anger me. I just wish I could understand their logic and reasoning.

P.S. I commented on James' blog