Classical and Greek Hero: A Comparison
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Equivalent to Sanskrit bends" strong man or brave, "and the Latin vir, "male"): Protectors of the people, who after his death were turned into public hands, and Daimon, after the apotheosis in gods" (Burton, pp.... ophocles believed that man could not defy the nature of the gods.... In the text, the sword is described as "the best of all weapons but so massive that no ordinary man could lift" (Knox, pp.... In the text, Beowulf says, "No man swims in the sea as I can, no strength is a match for mine" (Burton, pp....