(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
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a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
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someone who fights for a cause
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(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
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Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
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An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a
place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
n.
A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any
remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
n.
The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as
Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the
Aeneid.
Hero
Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.3.
The shining quality of an epic hero.
Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
Usage Examples
'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as the Genie. 'Aladdin' was an amazing adventure and the lead character was a hero for guys, which I loved. It wasn't a princess or a girl beating the odds it was a street rat. That seemed really cool to me.
'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Charles Laughton, who's a great hero of mine, only ever made one film and it happens to be one of the great films ever, which is 'The Night of the Hunter.' It's full of his kind of imagination and creation and how you do things and just in the way he used the studio, I just thought it was a fantastical way of using the studio.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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Other Usage ExamplesDe Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.
I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, my 12-year-old son is my hero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can't imagine anything that would be more exciting.
Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most.
As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film.
For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
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