According to one verse, the Fathers have not attained the greatness of the gods, who impart strength only to the gods.[38] The Fathers are kept distinct from the gods.

When the laudations bestowed upon the former are of unequivocal character there is no confusion between the two.[39] The good dead, to get to the paradise awaiting them, pass over water (X.63.

10), and a bridge (ix.41.

2).

Here, by the gift of the gods, not by inherent capacity, they obtain immortality.