CLA204H1 Lecture : lecture note
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Associated with specific place and gives great pride with their polis, where born or lived. Hero in modern sense, modern term example fire fighters they are heroes, mlk hr, mean that person had achieve things greater than an average someone we may look up to. Hero in greek more specific more of a technical term, after homer someone who has been dead, from the heroic age. Great number of heroes in ancient world we will be talking must famous. So famous also localized were known all around greece, not like minor local heroes who were known to local polis. From myceane center in bronze age, aegan plain sacred for hera, blood guilt fled to thebes where he grew up. The labors half major labours occurred on island of myceane. Hera sends snakes when he is born, snake episode which one son of zeus brother scared, hostility of hera, wreslting killin animals at begin nig,
