The Epic Hero Edward Pillar Sallanches

Sallanches

Now people head to the wilderness for biking

These medical students follow patients instead of physicians

In a time when attention spans are shortening and church participation is declining

the book traces their career

The Epic Hero Edward Pillar SallanchesFrom 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,