hero (n.)
- acme
- actor
- antagonist
- antihero
- apotheosis
- bit
- brave
- bulldog
- cast
- celebrity
- champ
- champion
- character
- chutzpanik
- conqueror
- conquistador
- constellation
- cue
- cynosure
- demigod
- diva
- exemplar
- feeder
- figure
- galaxy
- gallant
- gamecock
- god
- goddess
- headliner
- heavy
- heroine
- ideal
- idol
- immortal
- ingenue
- knight
- lead
- lion
- luminary
- master
- mirror
- name
- notability
- notable
- paladin
- paragon
- part
- person
- personage
- phoenix
- piece
- principal
- protagonist
- role
- runner-up
- shoo-in
- side
- singer
- somebody
- soubrette
- stalwart
- star
- subduer
- subjugator
- superstar
- tiger
- vanquisher
- victor
- villain
- walk-on
- warrior
- winner
- worthy
Unbounded courage and compassion join'd,
Tempering each other in the victor's mind,
Alternately proclaim him good and great,
And make the hero and the man complete.
In death a hero, as in life a friend!
Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero. Princes were privileged
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish or a sparrow fall,
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,
And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
See the conquering hero comes!
Sound the trumpet, beat the drums!—
When Hermodotus in his poems described Antigonus as the son of Helios, "My valet-de-chambre," said he, "is not aware of this."
