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A 7 page research paper that discusses the topic of heroes and heroism and what this has meant in various cultures. The heroes profiled include Samson, Achilles, Hector, Aeneas and Jesus. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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schematically by drawing a circle that is bisected in the middle horizontally, with all events occurring before this line as representing the "threshold of adventure" (Campbell 245). The events
that occur after this point represent the material that comprises epic narrative (Woodzak 253). The world that this pictures is a world that is apart from the day-to-day living of
the heros world and it is a world in which the heroes live by their own code of conduct and merge later with a boon that will aid their people
(Woodzak 253). While this template is encompasses the similarities between heroic tales, the cultural values that each hero takes with him into the unknown are substantially different and influences the
way in which heroism is perceived. The following examples of Samson, Achilles, Hector, Ajax, Aeneas, and Jesus illustrate this point. Greek and Trojan heroes Four of the heroes listed above
are best known through the account of their exploits that comes to us via Homers epic poem the Iliad. Achilles and Ajax are Greek heroes from this ancient account of
the Trojan War and Hector and Aeneas fight for Troy in Homers saga. Furthermore, the Roman poet Virgil patterned his epic poem, the Aeneid, on Homers work and cast Aeneas
as his hero. Achilles Achilles is the greatest of the Greek heroes fighting against the Trojans. As the poem begins, the war has been going on for roughly ten
years and Homer focus on an argument between Achilles and Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army. The substance of this argument says a great deal about Greek values and
their concept of heroism. The quarrel erupts when Agamemnon is forced to give up his concubine, returning her to her father who is a priest of Apollo. Agamemnon then asserts
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