Texts, Culture & Values Heroism- What did it mean in the past and does it still mean the same today? * This is the definition of a hero in a modern dictionary. o a man or boy admired for his bravery, great deeds, or noble qualities. o 2. a person admired for contribution to a particular field. o 3. the most important male person in a story, play, or poem. o 4. (Greek Legend.) a man of more …showed first 75 words of 1395 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1395 total…they have done 'herotic' acts, have they really reached the level of heroism that Ulysses did? * The age of the Ancient Greek Hero has finished. With more and more people calling themselves and others "hero's" the word has lost much of the meaning that it used to have. Now a hero is whatever we want to define it as, as there are no longer any preconceived ideas that rule what we can and can't say.