In the treccani italian encyclopedia the more general meaning of the term: “hero” indicates “someone who rises above others because he is powerful, strong, of noble lineage. the figure of the hero does not belong only to the greeks who have provided us with the name and a rich mythical and cultural documentation, which can be found in all mythologies and responds to the need to materialize in the figure of a being, which encloses in itself the attributes of divinity and humanity, history, life and the social and moral aspirations of the human group that shaped it”.
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