essay
The Greek hero
Honor and grace in anthropology • Cambridge • Published In 1992 • Pages: 129-149
By: Campbell, John Kennedy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay first presents an historical account of the Greek hero concept as depicted in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. This concept is then compared to the traditional role of young unmarried men in the eighteenth century A.D. who were expected to possess and display heroic qualities of courage and physical strength as the avengers of family honor. Many of these young men joined paramilitary organization in the mountains of continental greece throughout the Ottoman administration. The organization and function of these groups, called KLEPHTS (brigands), and the ARMATOLES (locally organized militias) organized under the Ottoman government to combat them, are described in detail in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethics
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Military organization
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Greeks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ninth century B.C.-eighteenth century A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- John K. Campbell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90001861
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece