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Hero (3)

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A name given by the Greeks to human beings of such superhuman faculties as to be regarded the offspring of some god, and applied in modern times to men of an intellect and force of character of such transcendent nature as to inspire ordinary mortals with something like religious regard.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hero (3)'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/hero-3.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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