Heroes
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Achilles' Rage and Rage in the Odyssey
Cohen: It's absolutely true that Achilles does most of his heroic deeds when he is in the state of rage. He says what makes Achilles a hero is not only that he achieves those impressive deeds, but that he then ends up returning to the norms of the community. So I wonder whether we might want to consider the possibility that every hero at some point must also be an anti-hero and murder.
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