he·ro __ n.
1-In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
2-A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
3-A person noted for special achievement in a particular field: the heroes of medicine. See Synonyms at celebrity.
4-The principal male character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
5-(Chiefly New York City)A large sandwich consisting of a long roll split lengthwise and filled with layers of meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and condiments. Also called sub1, also called regionally Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine, hoagie, Italian sandwich, poor boy, torpedo, wedge, zep.
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Originally posted by Lord_Andres
No he aint a hero he was a killer, tyrrant and all bad things, a hero dose good things, this guy sucked, Alexander The Great, now thats a hero!
Genghis Khan was ruthless and cruel and often without mercy. However he was also generous and loyal. Khan was very intelligent and caring to those he loved and respected and rewarded those who were loyal to him. However he was beyond barbaric to those that he felt to be disloyal or not worthy of his respect.
Khan was a master military strategist, an excellent logistics planner, and an effective (if not brutish) diplomat.
Alexander was also a great military strategist and general, but I would not call him a hero either. He could be wickedly cruel as well and conquered the world not for noble reasons, but to outshine the accomplishments of his father.
Whether you see either of these historical characters as personal heroes is a matter of personal choice, but I would not define either of their actions as "heroic".
King Leonidas of Sparta, now that is an historic figure that comes to mine as a "heroic" person.
He was not a hero but the greatest conqueror of all time. His empire was over 7000 miles wide or about the distance to new york to LA and back again and still go half way back to LA!! Not a hero but easily he created an empire so large and vast i think no country has ever got so much land under their control.
he created an empire so large and vast i think no country has ever got so much land under their control.one have to consider the fact that a lot of the area he controled wasnt populated and much of it was very sparesly populated, so the size of his empire lies a bit. Soviet Union was a big as country as well if it is size we talk about.
Originally posted by WindDancer
He was a hero to his people and a barbarian to his enemies. No matter how you see him the guy will forever be a historic figure.
You can also say that many of his own people saw him as a tyrant and a hateful man, and that many of his enemies had the utmost respect for him and considered him honourable. History is rarely black and white.