1. Heroic tradition in literature
... Jokinen 1996). It is in the early Greek literature that we find the earliest heroic epic. One of the examples is Iliad, which is extremely important from the European literary standpoint because it constitutes the beginning stages of the development of European literature (Hanczakowski 2001:23). The Iliad, followed by Odyssey are the examples of epic poetry in the early Greek literature, they "emphasized the ideals of honor and bravery and ... to be developed while on "the journey-initiation quest". The heroic tradition originated in the antique mythologies where the superhuman, almost ...
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