[Classical Studies 2200] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 27 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Hero: heroic figures are people portrayed as larger than life itself, and thing or people you want to become, sometimes they do good things and other times they are horrifying. Heracles was one of the most dominantly known heroes in greek myth, who exemplified an imaginable amount of stress. Gilgamesh: known to originate from mesopotamia from an early time. Most greek heroes are very similar to gilgamesh. He was a king and hero who subdues the threatening forms of nature that most humans cannot. Heracles: wore the skins of the beasts and monsters he killed. He wrestled and killed a lion and wore the skin as a coat. This was how he displayed his heroic accomplishments and used it as a trophy to show his superiority to the rest of the natural world. Athena also wore the head of medusa after he slayed her.