The first of the five races was the Golden one, who lived in the Cronus era after was the Silver who were evil and imperfect and so Zeus destroyed them, the third was the bronze race who were fight full and brought on the awful acts of Ares (the gold of warfare), after were the heroic these people were created by Zeus and were semi-gods and were a divine and holy race and the final race was the Iron race which people suffered hardships and fatigue, Zeus then destroyed this final "holy" race. ... Symbols and Holy Places Symbols are used in Greek mythology to represent Gods/ Goddesses...

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Heroic tradition in literature Heroism cannot be discussed detached from a hero. "Heroes originate in the mists of time and myth" (Jokinen 1996). The quote could not be more true, heroes and their valorous deeds are wrapped in the mists of time and myth. The deeds are so valorous as to seem...

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