The Homeric epics paint a very different picture of a hero, and we deal with that by saying- their concept of a hero was different than ours.
I disagree.
Plainly in the Iliad and Odyssey there are real heroes- people that we would consider heroes today like Patroclos and Hektor. They hold bravery, honesty, and the greater good above their heads and march it right into battle.
Achilles- is hardly hero. He is not an epic hero. he is no hero. He has a lifestyle that many envy. He is the celebrity of the ancient world. But his moral actions do not constitute a hero in the ancient world any more than Brittany Spears does in the modern world.
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