... persons worshiped after death as quasi-divine. Most heroes worship performed at night with blood sacrifices, was celebrated at the supposed place of the heroes tomb. When heroes are mentioned in mythology there are three distinct names that come up, they are Odysseus, Achilles, and Hercules. Hercules was known as the strongest and swiftest man ever to walk ... in the river Styx. Achilles is also a Greek hero who killed a Trojan hero named Hector in the Trojan War. Odysseus was a Greek hero who devised the strategy of the wooden horse used by the Greeks to conquer Troy. "Heros are heroes ...

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... returns home he is not able to trust or be close to anyone. He has emotional outbursts by using violence to solve his problems. Also signs of criminal activity and sexual adventurism are evident. When the vets came home from Vietnam they were not embraced or cared for, instead they were neglected and ... wound hurt so bad - not even getting bounced on my head by a rocket explosion. To this very day - this is my biggest soul killing memory of the Nam. -Bill This is how Odysseus feels when he returns, if you can't trust your friends when you"re gone then who can you trust. Odysseus ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School