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The Epic Hero Edward Pillar A trove of footnotes andFrom Odysseus to Aeneas, from Beowulf to King Arthur, from the Mah'bh'rata to the Ossetian ''Nart'' tales, epic heroes and their stories have symbolized the power of the human imagination. Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed typology of the hero in Western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds,