Heroism and honour
What makes a hero and what it costs.
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The Great BooksThe OdysseyHomerHomer The OdysseyThe OdysseyHomer · c. 725 BCEOn 9 lists
Virgil The AeneidThe AeneidVirgil · 29-19 BCEOn 9 lists
Homer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 lists
Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 lists
Samson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 lists
Livy History of RomeHistory of RomeLivy · 20 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 lists
The Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksPhiloctetesSophoclesPhiloctetesSophocles · 409 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Song of RolandAnonymousThe Song of RolandAnonymous · c. 1100On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Faerie QueeneEdmund SpenserEdmund Spenser The Faerie QueeneThe Faerie QueeneEdmund Spenser · 1590-1596On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 lists
The BearWilliam Faulkner · 1942On 2 lists
BeowulfAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 list
Anonymous The NibelungenliedThe NibelungenliedAnonymous · c. 1200On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymousAnonymous The Saga of Burnt NjalThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymous · c. 1280On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksChroniclesJean FroissartJean Froissart ChroniclesChroniclesJean Froissart · c. 1370-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksCoriolanusWilliam ShakespeareCoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1608On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 listThe Great BooksLe CidPierre CorneilleLe CidPierre Corneille · 1637On 1 listThe Great BooksPolyeuctePierre CorneillePolyeuctePierre Corneille · 1642-1643On 1 listParadise RegainedJohn Milton · 1671On 1 listThe Great BooksAll for LoveJohn DrydenAll for LoveJohn Dryden · 1677On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksEgmontJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEgmontJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788On 1 listThe Great BooksWilliam TellFriedrich SchillerWilliam TellFriedrich Schiller · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Walter ScottThomas CarlyleSir Walter ScottThomas Carlyle · 1838On 1 listThe Great BooksA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert BrowningA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert Browning · 1843On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsAlfred, Lord TennysonAlfred, Lord Tennyson PoemsPoemsAlfred, Lord Tennyson · 1830-1889On 1 listThe Great BooksRepresentative MenRalph Waldo EmersonRepresentative MenRalph Waldo Emerson · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksHadji MuratLeo TolstoyHadji MuratLeo Tolstoy · 1896On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest HemingwayThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest Hemingway · 1936On 1 list
Virgil The AeneidThe AeneidVirgil · 29-19 BCEOn 9 listsHomer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 listsThe Great BooksLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarchPlutarch Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and RomansPlutarch · c. 100-120On 7 listsMiguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 listsSamson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 listsLivy History of RomeHistory of RomeLivy · 20 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 1William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 3 listsThe Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksPhiloctetesSophoclesPhiloctetesSophocles · 409 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Song of RolandAnonymousThe Song of RolandAnonymous · c. 1100On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Faerie QueeneEdmund SpenserEdmund Spenser The Faerie QueeneThe Faerie QueeneEdmund Spenser · 1590-1596On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 listsThe Great BooksSaint JoanGeorge Bernard ShawSaint JoanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1923On 2 listsThe BearWilliam Faulkner · 1942On 2 listsBeowulfAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listAnonymous The NibelungenliedThe NibelungenliedAnonymous · c. 1200On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymousAnonymous The Saga of Burnt NjalThe Saga of Burnt NjalAnonymous · c. 1280On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksChroniclesJean FroissartJean Froissart ChroniclesChroniclesJean Froissart · c. 1370-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksCoriolanusWilliam ShakespeareCoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1608On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 listThe Great BooksLe CidPierre CorneilleLe CidPierre Corneille · 1637On 1 listThe Great BooksPolyeuctePierre CorneillePolyeuctePierre Corneille · 1642-1643On 1 listParadise RegainedJohn Milton · 1671On 1 listThe Great BooksAll for LoveJohn DrydenAll for LoveJohn Dryden · 1677On 1 listThe Great BooksMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim LessingMinna von BarnhelmGotthold Ephraim Lessing · 1767On 1 listThe Great BooksEgmontJohann Wolfgang von GoetheEgmontJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788On 1 listThe Great BooksWilliam TellFriedrich SchillerWilliam TellFriedrich Schiller · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Walter ScottThomas CarlyleSir Walter ScottThomas Carlyle · 1838On 1 listThe Great BooksA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert BrowningA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert Browning · 1843On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsAlfred, Lord TennysonAlfred, Lord Tennyson PoemsPoemsAlfred, Lord Tennyson · 1830-1889On 1 listThe Great BooksRepresentative MenRalph Waldo EmersonRepresentative MenRalph Waldo Emerson · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksHadji MuratLeo TolstoyHadji MuratLeo Tolstoy · 1896On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest HemingwayThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest Hemingway · 1936On 1 list