... two periods of times. The strengths and weaknesses of the idea of heroes in the Greek and the Medieval and the reasons for the differences between those heroes. The quality that both the Greek and Medieval heroes had was the braveness to fight until the end. The Greek hero Hector refused to stay at home and chose to fight with Achilles because he thought cowardice was against his nature and he should not hide like a coward and refuse to fight (Homer, Iliad Extract 6.3). The Medieval knight Sir Bors also did not afraid to fight against Pridam le Noire who was the most feared man in the land (Malory's Death of Arthur Extract 16.7). Also, in the combat, Sir Bors kept on fighting until he was nearly exhausted (Malory's Death of Arthur Extract 16.8). This was the common quality that heroes had in both times. The Medieval ...

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