Stories of heroism may serve as [[moral]] examples. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity classical antiquity], hero cults – veneration of deified heroes such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles Heracles], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus Perseus], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles Achilles] – played an important role in Ancient Greek [[religion]]. Politicians, ancient and modern, have employed hero [[worship]] for their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis apotheosis] (i.e., [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality cult of personality]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero] | Stories of heroism may serve as [[moral]] examples. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity classical antiquity], hero cults – veneration of deified heroes such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles Heracles], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus Perseus], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles Achilles] – played an important role in Ancient Greek [[religion]]. Politicians, ancient and modern, have employed hero [[worship]] for their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis apotheosis] (i.e., [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality cult of personality]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero] |