Heroes and heroines
To quote Homer's Iliad, many heroes strive to be “always the best and excellent above others”. They perform great deeds and can convince their fellow human beings by word and deed.
But there can also be heroes in other areas: Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the poor – and he escapes the Sheriff of Nottingham again and again. The cunning Till Eulenspiegel repeatedly plays new tricks on his contemporaries and drives them mad. So accompany us through Greek and Roman mythology and through the most famous legends of the Middle Ages to get to know some important heroes and heroines with the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.