Heroes In Greek Culture

The training for Witch and Wizardry has been completed! Now that the status in the magical world has been confirmed, the non-magical world awaits. Of course in order to be confirmed in the magic-free world, a few lessons from the Magical Institute are needed! This is to ensure that any new witch or wizard is to be fully educated to avoid any repeats of burning at the stake or worse…Please read carefully.
This Guide in particular will teach how Greek and Indian societies expect a model citizen to behave. Indian cultures value bravery, selflessness, and the dedication to duty, or “dharma.” Their gods and/or goddesses are valued, but duty—not will—is valued above all. In addition, the properties of heroes are also upheld though differently from
Making the gods happy trumps any kind of political, societal, paternal or maternal duties. A hero in Greek culture is almost always considered a descendant from one of the gods or goddesses themselves. Heroes are a large part of Greek culture and are important to understand.
Greek society relied heavily on their social class system. Those considered rulers were also thought to be part god—or demi-god—and were the highest rank. The class system then descended to working class citizens who were people who owned land, but were not wealthy enough to make anything of it. Then there were the slaves—most often these slaves were from conquered cities and were traded into Greece. These were also the first people to be sacrificed to the gods (Cartwright 1).
Theater also played a big part in everyday life. Places where performances were to take place were designed architecturally with perfect acoustical precision. In this way, people in the very back of the theater were able to hear performers hundreds of feet away from them. In these theaters, everything from plays to the Greek Olympic Games, were performed. There was even a god who was worshiped for his affinity for theater, Dionysus (Ancient
These were the kind of people who participated whole heartedly in their dharma; they disconnected themselves from their worldly behavior, emotion, and desire in order to follow true to their dharma. “That man is called hero who acts selflessly, but this definition is not complete. He is a hero who acts self-sacrificingly, unwaveringly, consciously, and who, acting in the name of the Common Good, thus brings nearer the current of cosmic evolution” (The Heroic Age 1). These steadfast individuals were able to reach enlightenment the quickest and were often praised by their gods before death, much like Rama from the Ramayana story from Ancient Indian literature. But also much like Rama, the gods themselves reincarnated themselves as these heroes. (Violatti