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Do you hold a hero dear? Some ruminations on The Hero

How many times lately have I heard individuals express gratitude for a hero? I’m sort of glad some contemporary heroes are women, and quite appropriately: the original Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite, whose lover, Leander, lived across the Hellespont … Continue reading

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