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A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.
Richard WestallReference: 18362i
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The myth of the birth of the hero : a psychological interpretation of mythology / by Otto Rank ; authorized translation by Drs. F. Robbins and Smith Ely Jelliffe.
Otto RankDate: 1914
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Renée Bordereau, a female soldier. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818.
Date: 23 June 1818Reference: 174i
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The face of a hero immediately before death. Drawing, c. 1789, after A. Schluter.
Andreas SchlüterDate: 1789?Reference: 29012i- Books
What makes a hero? : the surprising science of selflessness / Elizabeth Svoboda.
Svoboda, ElizabethDate: [2013]