SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bao Zheng, Chinese Mythology
3 Nov 2017
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From time to time the vision of a real hero changes as do people. The best way to define it is to compare two different types of ancient heroes. When thinking about first heroic people we obviously take into consideration two large and powerful civilizations: greek and chinese. Hero" varies from what is the concept of a hero" nowadays. In ancient greece a hero was man, half mortal half god, who had some special abilities but used them just for his own honor. Only after his death these deeds could belong to the community. He was supposed to have noble character and to perform extraordinary feats. Their main characteristics included courage, pride, honor, justice, magnificence. First greek heroes were outlined in the homeric iliad and odyssey as the objects of cult worship. It can be seen best at the example of hercules (greek mythology) which they were so strong and powerful.
