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Humans are a strong species, from the first days man walked the earth to the present, we have always had heroes. People need heroes to believe in life and to motivate themselves to pursue their goals. Many heroes are told about in stories passed down from generation to generation, like John Henry, or Paul Bunion, others are written in the history books like General Custer, David Crocket, or Abraham Lincoln. Heroes can even be in the movies, John Wayne was a hero in the eyes of our society as was Mark Hamil as Luke Skywalker. When people read about a person whom they believe is a hero or watch them on TV, they feel good about themselves and feel good about life in general. The Greeks had many heroes in their history, but I see their heroes in a different light than I see our heroes. Their heroes were spoke off in order to give other nations the feeling of being beneath the Greeks. They were also used to teach children that a true Greek is well educated, handsome and a worrier. The stories made the Greeks feel superior to everyone else and they believed they had a strong and meaningful heritage. The heroes of our society and history are different, they were not always well educated, not handsome and at the time of t