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Episode 46, monsters and heroes.

In every culture's mythology, apart from their gods, a distinguished place is saved for their

heroes whose accomplishments adorn their tales, their traditions, their poetry, and their literature.

In their quest to touch whatever their powers do not allow them to realize,

mankind has created figures that achieve the impossible and adorned them with

supernatural and superhuman talents. These special mortals who are endowed with

beauty, physical strength, and special attributes

were called heroes by the Helenes, a term first used in the poems of Homer. In myths, the heroes were usually of divine descent,

from the union of a god or a goddess, with a mortal man or woman, respectively.

According to their contribution to humanity, after their death, they

became demigods who, as they are presented by Heseid, live eternally in great happiness, away from sufferings.

Greek myth is dominated by the lives and accomplishments of these heroes.

Every region in the Greek world created its own heroic figures and account for their numerous adventures and labors.

At first, these labors were stories told orally through the generations, they became fairy tales and tradition.

These local tales were collected in Ionia and comprised a wondrous treasure becoming the first

source of topics for the epic poets

who either praised each of the heroes deeds separately or place the heroes in a

pan-Hellenic accomplishment a war or an expedition. Initially, the heroes in the

tales had a mostly passive role as superior powers such as as gods, directed their actions, while they provided them with magical

devices and countless pieces of advice in order to succeed in performing their feet.

In addition, the heroes were assisted by certain animals

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