2. What, then, were the heroes of the Iliad? In ancient Greek myth, heroes were humans, male or female, of the remote past, endowed with superhuman abilities and descended from the immortal gods ...

Credit: Antonio Raffaele Calliano / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Homer’s Iliad, often considered to be the oldest extant work of Western literature, boasts a diverse cast of vibrant characters. The ...