Dictionary Check: hero

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

someone who fights for a cause

(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god