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is excellence, prowess,the ability to do something
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or to be something,
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which is admired in the fullest way possible
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Some of the desired quality, some of the examples of arete
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are courage as I've said,but also beauty,
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strength, the ability to perform athletics very well,
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but also to speak very well.
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And it is an extraordinary thing I think for
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modern people to see that there are two central heroes
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in the poems of Homer-Achilles
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the great central figure of the Iliad
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who represents physical courage,strength, power,