| Hero (hero) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| He"ro |
| ; pl.
Heroes (#). [F. héros, L.
heros, Gr. (?).] |
An
illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place
among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
A man of distinguished valor or enterprise
in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central
personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.
The principal personage in a poem, story,
and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the
transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the
Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid.
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