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Notion of the Epic Hero

Welcome to the National Endowment for the Humanities sponsored website Notion of the Epic Hero.

Please feel free to explore the available links on the side. This site is a work in progress intended to integrate the cross-cultural concept of the epic hero. This goal may be accomplished in a Literature, Philosophy, Social Studies, or even Religious Studies.

This site was created by Gregory Kakas at the NEH Summer Institute "Literatures, Religions, and Arts of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2011.