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Odysseus was the hero of the Odyssey.
Athena was a goddess, not a hero.
Poseidon wasn't really a hero but his powers made him seem like a hero
The word hero came from the Latin language. The word hero is derived from the Latin word hero's and its first known use was in the 14th century.
He was a hero because he killed Medusa, the Gorgon.
Which particular war? The Persian what?
The man who arranged the peace - Callias.
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The Greek commanders Eurybiades and Pausanias from Sparta who led the Greek navy and army respectively.
The most famous of them all is: Rostam (Ros-Tam). He is considered the "champion of champions" (a mythical hero of Iran) and depicted in numerous stories.
Simbad the sailor is a fictional character and the hero of a story-cycle originating from the Middle-East. Original texts allude to Persian origins. This is, however, contested by a number of literary critics.
it is one of the longest, if not the longest, epic story written. it was written by the great Persian poet/author ferdowsi in 1000 . the main character is rotam, a hero that is a flawed character, showing the true human nature. the book is enormously long and took ferdowsi 30 years to complete. it is tied to Persian nationalism (of greater Persia because it was written then) and zoroastrianism (Persian religion at the time, first monotheistic religion of the world derived from Persia). the stories also empower women, with one battle against a woman almost resulting to a draw and two of the men characters who were looking to wed being picked as mates by the women. rotam battled his son and only realized it upon beating him. various parts of the story have been extracted and used (as well as credited) by authors and directors... ie star wars, lord of the rings, chronicles of Narnia
Numerous pagan myths present figured born of a virgin.The Greek god Dionysus, Greek hero Perseus, Persian god Mithra, Phoenician god Adonis, Phrygian god Attis, Egyptian god Osiris, and even humans like Apollonius of Tyana and emperor Augustus.
I would imagine for the same reason that Leonidas was the hero of the Second Persian War. Like most heroes, Travis was not exactly perfect, and his motives may not bear close inspection, but it cannot be denied that he gave his life in exchange for time which allowed his country to rally in defense, and his death provided an example of sacrifice and resistance to a formidable invading army.
See Related LinksSee the Related Links for "Variations of name Aarsh" to the bottom for the answer. AnswerThere are several variations of the name on the web, including Arsh, Asho (Persian for pure of heart), Arash (Persian for hero), Arch (German for bold, bowman), among others. Aarsh is a word from Hindi Language.It is written in Hindi as "vkÔZ ". Aarsh means "The Great". This word is available in any standard Hindi dictionary . It was used in one of the Hindi translation of an article (the article was on the then Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi ) published in "Washington Post" long back . It is not very often used by Hindi writers so it is credited that American author has used it in the translation, inspired by reading that article my parents named me "AArsh"
Depends which one, I'll assume you mean the most famous king of Persia, Xerxes I. Xerxes I of Persia ruled around the time of 480 BC. He succeeded his father Darius I who led an unsuccessful invasion of hellas around 10 years beforehand which was crushed at marathon by the Athenian forces. But I digress. Xerxes fancied himself divine and his word was as good as done by the time he thought it up, he was a zoroastrian and his tomb is something magnificent, a dedication to Zoroastra and more importantly, himself. His most famous deed was to order the invasion of the Pelopponese. Herodotus records his force of being over 5,200,000 strong. This army traveled through northern Greece supplied itself from the Greek states that had already 'medized' or submitted to the Persian force. It was defeated at the hands of the Athenian fleet at the battle of Salamis, off Athens' coast, but not before sacking Athens and killing one of the Spartan kings. The Persian king identified as Xerxes by Herodotus is also identified as Ahaseurus in the Old Testament, Book of Esther. He is portrayed as a good king who believed in justice, while Herodotus' history of the Persian Wars paints him as something of a megalomaniac. Perhaps both versions are somewhat true. After watching the Persian Navy defeated by the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes went home. The Persian Army remained in Greece until they were defeated at the Battle of Plataea in the following year, and then they went home. Unlike Darius I and his son Xerxes, later Persian kings did not attempt an invasion of Greece, although they meddled in Greek affairs and later sided with Sparta against Athens. By the way, it is believed that Xerxes' invasion force could not have been as large as Herodotus claimed. Some historians suggest that Herodotus was writing historical fiction and exaggerating the numbers to make the Greeks even more the underdogs. I think it is also possible that the numbers were mistranslated and multiplied by ten. Even still, Greece was badly outnumbered, and they were not united under a single authority as the Persian Empire was, but they held every other military advantage.
The term "bad" cannot be applied and is subjective. Alexander the Great conquered the Persian empire and saved fellow Greeks from Persian harassment so for Greeks and many others under the Persian yoke he was seen as a liberator. For others who were killed in battle or who favored being under Persian rule he was the devil.