While, in Greek mythology, famous persons worshiped after death as quasi-divine. ... When heroes are mentioned in mythology there are three distinct names that come up, they are Odysseus, Achilles, and Hercules. ... A hero is an overall central figure in an event, period, or movement and is a word used all around the world ...

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A True Vet It isn't hard to explain why Odysseus is such a good character. He is a very realistic one. Vietnam was a war that lasted close to fifteen years and many men lost their lives there. Some of those men who survived have never been the same since they have come home. Homer knew what it felt...

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