单词 | hero myth |
释义 | > as lemmashero myth hero myth n. [originally after German Heroen-mythus (1849 in the passage translated in quot. 1851)] ΚΠ 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Sculpt. 13 The hero-myths [Ger. Der Heroen-mythus] were more suited to the representations of poetry than of plastics. 1957 tr. S. Moscati Anc. Semitic Civilizations v. 118 Of the hero-myths the most outstanding is the Ugaritic Aqhat poem. 1991 D. Rowe Wanting Everything (1994) v. 178 The hero myth is one of the ways we try to hide from ourselves the destructiveness and failure of violence and coercion. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. (Weekend section) 11 Right-wing movie stars were..more likely to peddle easily digestible hero myths. < as lemmas |
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