Hero
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Stories of heroism may serve as moral examples, impressing a culture's ethical code, especially for the young. In classical antiquity, hero cults, veneration of deified heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, or Achilles, played an important role in Ancient Greek religion. Later emperors employed hero worship for their own apotheosis, that is, cult of personality.
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