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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 6010469" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p>While I don't argue about the embellishment, I don't think you can exactly equate 'demigod' with 'hero'. There were heroes who didn't have divine blood, though certainly the most remembered ones did. Basically, a hero is someone who is honored with sacrifices and rites after their death because of their accomplishments.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you strip out the embellishments, you're not really dealing with the career of Herakles any more, though.</p><p></p><p>'Stealing apples from a well-defended orchard by bribing/tricking one of the workers' is just not the same as the Garden of the Hesperides.</p><p></p><p>Capturing a ferocious wolf just isn't the same as going to the gates of Hades itself to wrestle with and bring back the guardian of the dead!</p><p></p><p>The whole point of being inspired by Herakles is the mythic resonance - his deeds are so much larger than life. If you cut them down to size, he's not really all that inspirational any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 6010469, member: 16760"] While I don't argue about the embellishment, I don't think you can exactly equate 'demigod' with 'hero'. There were heroes who didn't have divine blood, though certainly the most remembered ones did. Basically, a hero is someone who is honored with sacrifices and rites after their death because of their accomplishments. If you strip out the embellishments, you're not really dealing with the career of Herakles any more, though. 'Stealing apples from a well-defended orchard by bribing/tricking one of the workers' is just not the same as the Garden of the Hesperides. Capturing a ferocious wolf just isn't the same as going to the gates of Hades itself to wrestle with and bring back the guardian of the dead! The whole point of being inspired by Herakles is the mythic resonance - his deeds are so much larger than life. If you cut them down to size, he's not really all that inspirational any more. [/QUOTE]
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