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     • However, there's another defining aspect of ancient Greek heroism that often goes overlooked. In Professor Nagy's list of the characteristics of the prototypical Greek hero, he writes that the hero was "un-seasonal". This basically means that the greatest heroes were born into dire circumstances of some kind.
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   Dec 11, 2016 · In Professor Nagy's list of the characteristics of the prototypical Greek hero, he writes that the hero was "un-seasonal". This basically means that the greatest heroes were born into dire circumstances of some kind.

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3. chs.harvard.edu › chapter › part-i-hour-1-theHour 1. The Homeric Iliad and the glory of the unseasonal hero

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   Why did the ancient Greeks glorify heroes? Partly because they worshipped not only gods but also heroes. As I noted in the Introduction, we see here a fundamental fact of ancient Greek history: the ancient Greeks practiced hero worship, to which I refer more specifically as hero cult. 1§6.

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   The key word for this hour is daimōn (plural daimones), which I translate for the moment simply as ‘superhuman force’. This word is used to refer to an unspecified god or hero intervening in human life. The word daimōn is to be contrasted with theos, ‘god’, which is used to refer to a specified god. 5§2.

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   Aug 29, 2018 · Unseasonality is an essential characteristic of ancient Greek heroes. Similarly unseasonal are characters in the film Blade Runner who are known as replicants . That is why, I think, these replicants are so good to think with in Hour 1.

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   Such a seasonal recurrence is indicated, as we have just seen, by the word hōrā at verse 265 of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. And now we see why the tīmē, ‘honor’, that the prototypical hero receives in compensation for his death is described as a-phthi-tos, ‘unwilting’ (verse 263), that is, lasting forever.

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   It is death that makes the hero become a cult hero. Before {399|400} death, as we have seen ever since Hour 1, the hero is unseasonal. Only after death can the hero be truly seasonal – and eligible for the description olbios in the sense of ‘blessed’.

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   What makes a Greek hero unseasonal?

   • In Professor Nagy's list of the characteristics of the prototypical Greek hero, he writes that the hero was "un-seasonal". This basically means that the greatest heroes were born into dire circumstances of some kind. Heracles (known to the Romans as Hercules) - the greatest hero of all - is the poster boy for unseasonality.

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   Who is a hero in Greek mythology?

   • In ancient Greek traditions, heroes were humans, male or female, of the remote past, endowed with superhuman abilities and descended from the immortal gods themselves. A prime example is Achilles. The greatest hero of the Iliad, Achilles was the son of Thetis, a sea-goddess known for her far-reaching cosmic powers.

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   How were the heroes different from the gods in Greek mythology?

   • In other words, they were exceptional in one way or another. Heracles was the strongest man alive, Achilles was the most skilled warrior, Odysseus was the most cunning, etc. However, despite their attributes, there was still one big difference between the heroes and the gods.

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   Why does Kleos glorify heroes?

   • 1§4. The song of kleos glorifies not only the heroes of the distant past, which is a heroic age. It glorifies also the gods – as they existed in the heroic age and as they continued to exist for their worshippers at any given moment in historical time. 1§5. Why did the ancient Greeks glorify heroes?

   Hour 1. The Homeric Iliad and the glory of the unseasonal hero

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   What is the Ancient Greek hero in 24 hours?

   • I-IV) 00§1. The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours is based on a course that I have taught at Harvard University since the late 1970s. This course, “Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization,” now renamed “The Ancient Greek Hero,” centers on selected readings of texts, all translated from the original Greek into English.

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   What are the characteristics of a hero?

   • In terms of that outline, there are three characteristics of the hero: 1. The hero is unseasonal. 2. The hero is extreme – positively (for example, ‘best’ in whatever category) or negatively (the negative aspect can be a function of the hero’s unseasonality).

   Hour 1. The Homeric Iliad and the glory of the unseasonal hero

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    Jan 10, 2020 · In ancient Greek traditions, heroes were humans, male or female, of the remote past, endowed with superhuman abilities and descended from the immortal gods themselves. A prime example is Achilles. The greatest hero of the Iliad, Achilles was the son of Thetis, a sea-goddess known for her far-reaching cosmic powers.