Hero (from Greek ἥρωας, "brave man, leader") is a class of characters in Greek mythology, the children of a deity or descendants of a deity and a mortal.
Most heroes are warriors who destroy ancient monsters and fight among themselves.
In a philosophical and ethical sense, a hero is a person who commits an act of self-sacrifice for the common good. In philosophy, this concept was explored by Hegel, where the hero is treated as an embodiment of the national spirit.
The main difference between heroes and gods is that heroes are mortal. The attempt to make a hero immortal is a recurring mythological plot. For the most part, these attempts are not made by the heroes themselves, but by their immortal parents, but these attempts usually remain futile.
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