Heroes and heroism: SQA Advanced Higher Classical Studies quiz quiz
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What stood at the centre of the heroic code?
Why was heroic honour described as public?
What did the hero most fear, as the opposite of glory?
What qualities define the warrior ideal in epic?
How do the greatest epics complicate the warrior ideal?
What is a tragic hero?
What is hubris?
What is the central interpretive question about the tragic hero?
Which two emotions is tragedy built to produce in the audience?
How do the texts count the cost of heroism?
Which is an 'alternative kind of heroism' the texts hold up?
What is the commonest mistake when answering on the heroic code?
How should a strong essay treat a text that both celebrates and questions heroism?
Why is the hero's greatness essential to tragedy?