Our final thoughts on heroes...

Did you forget about Diomedes? Does he have hidden qualities that the rest of characters lack?

Leader of the Achaean army, but is at odds with his best fighter. Is he truly a hero?

He may be the leader of the Trojan army, but does that prevent him from being a hero?

How about Odysseus? He gets his own epic, but is he worth all the hype?

Is Patroclus a hero? A sidekick? A literary device? It’s all explained by Madeline.

Madeline, Austin, Audrey, Sela, and Elizabeth discuss what makes a hero and how they view heroism in Greek literature and in today’s world.