the concept of a hero

Reading The Concept of a Hero, From Greek Civilization, I realized their views were very different from ours in our time today. Basically to the Greek people, whoever was a hero, was a God also. As to us, anyone can be a hero. To us it’s the little things people do that make them a hero. one thing I do notice is the same type of importance we give to the most powerful, or most known. If you were to ask someone who they thought they were heroes you would get a lot of the same answers. It would be police men, fire fighters, soldiers, etc. those are most common. I mean don’t get me wrong they are heroes, but what about other people, people who aren’t soldiers, fire fighters, and so on? What if the girl next door just saved a puppy from getting run over? What if a friend just stepped in and corrected what they perceive to be wrong? Does everyone give them the same attention as a most common one? No, it’s rare to find them get attention at all. Honestly I think everyone can be a hero, you don’t need to have a cape, tights, and underwear on the outside of your pants to be superman. That’s why I think the “mortals” in ancient Greece weren’t too happy. In the text it states if you are a god you are immortal, if you’re not, you stay mortal until death where Hades will decide your afterlife. Before death they had a choice to go fight in war. If they stay and fight, they’ll lose a safe homecoming but will have a glory that is unimaginable. If they don’t fight, it’s just the opposite. They won’t meet death for a while, and their glory will be nothing. Another difference, they basically got to choose when they died. We don’t. I believe society is slowly going to end up like ancient Greece. Mostly because of all the judgmental people we encounter every day now. Hero’s shouldn’t be the most common people we hear about. We should start noticing the little things people do and tell them. Recognize people and what they do.