GGR112H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Serifos, Acrisius, Tiryns
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The hero can be a male or female. Can be seen as someone from the past. Those who are willing to sacri ce themselves for the good. In greek religion will have a hero cult. It all comes down to a very simple de nition. Don"t immediately assume the hero is a greater good, he or she is awed and has done something exceptional. Heroes are humans who become liking to gods, and in some myths heroes do becomes gods. Individuals who studied heroic myth and had no heroic narratives, found that there are a lot of similarityes to heroic narrative. Thursday, february 9, 2017: believed a hero had traditions that made them a hero. The most in uential book by joseph cambell on heroic narrative. Meaning that underneath all of the heroes, there is the archetype of the heroic journey. That book is his most in uential work.
