Heroes

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I have noticed lately the emphasis on badies… so i thought why not open a thread for Historical heroes?

So who are your heroes?

Please share inspiring and heroic figures of historical importance… and no more movie heros be they super or supra… okay lets roll. :biggthumb:

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My first detailed study in this forum will look at some historic personalities and discuss what made them "great" becuase as we all know few men and women are lucky enough to be bound with that title.

My first personality that I will discuss is of particular interest to UK guppies and guppans becuase I will be discussing what made Alfred the Great so "great"

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Hercules,
Achilles,
Alexander

I am not sure if the top two are just myths or real people ... but even if they're myth ... they are kind of interesting.

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Alexander the great was certainly a real figure of Antiquity, while sorry to say Achilles and Hercules are both steeped in Mythology.

However if you delve deep into the facts of the matter Achilles action at Troy could well have happened as recent Archeology has indeed found the city of Troy and it's remains show a series of dramatic engaements that match up with Homers Odysey.

As for Hercules again both the Spartan kings claimed decent from him as did the Sythian warrior people... so perhaps these mythical figures did have some genuine historical basis.

I see Libranrulz you are a fan of antiquity and particularly classical Greece and Macedonian history. Thats good to know.

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I am a fan of classical greece and bit of roman history as well and I don't mind a bit of egypt thrown in as well but I guess thats the least. Sad thing is I like hercules because growing up that was my favourite cartoon and achiles because of the movie troy. I would also like to add Salah-ud-deen to the list too :D

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Hector was cooler than Achilles! :P

Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press; hero.

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Adolf Hitler, my hero.

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Douglas Mc.Arthur my hero… My motivator…

:salute:

Otto Skorzney,Those who sleep at Manila U.S Cemetery,Those who are adored at Hasukuni shrine in Japan…

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[note]Please don't add your personal religious views to context[/note]

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facepalm

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I think we should also add Mahathma Ghandi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah to the list of heroes for thier achievments…

as well as President Sukarno of Indonesia. :salute:

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Your top 5 world Heroes

This thread is inspired by top 5 villains though i found that one cannot really write their real opinion because it may offend many.
So here is the 'good' boy thread. Name your top 5 'non religious' and non mythical heroes of all times.

Mine list without any specific order. I have selected my heroes from recent history due to my lack of history knowledge :(

1 Mohan Das karamchand Gandhi
2 Bill Gates
3 Mustafa kamal Attaturk
4 Abe Lincoln
5 My Dad :)

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  1. Princess Diana
  2. Shah Rukh Khan :p
  3. Ghenghis Khan
  4. Nelson Mandela
  5. Alexander the Great
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  1. My dad
  2. My mum
  3. My brother
  4. My sister
  5. Me

;)

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First four tou theek hai, but whats up with 5th one. do you wear underwear on your pants to be in the list :smiley:

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^:emmy:

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Ooh very nice thread Kaka… :k:

If I take away religous figures then I am left with many notbale people… Heres five Heros that instantly come to mind.

  1. Amir Khusro, the founder of what we know as Quwwali.

  2. Avicenna, the renowned doctor and founding father of medicine.

  3. Sultan Salahudin al Ayub, the mercifull and mighty warlord of the crusades.

  4. Emperor Fredrick the second, the son of Barborossa.

  5. John Brown the fighting preacher and warrior of the lord.

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Actually I was going to put Ghengis Khan in my list too but decided that he was not suitable, purely becuase he was not a mastermind and relied much on others whom History seems to have forgotten... Jochids, and supporters of Subadai will agree with me on the matter.... Ghengis was ruthless, barbaric... and any reason he had to be so was long lost. That said he was a terrific fighter and a man I could relate too very well but who was not as wise and powerfull as many others.... to put it bluntly Ghengis got lucky.

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aap kyo naraz hai ji, aap ka jawab tou maine post ke ander smilies se diya hai :slight_smile:

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