is xena the warrior princess a epic hero?

Question

if she isn't, can you name some female epic heroes? Or just give me some of epic hereos you know.

thanks..^__^

Answer 1

here u go look at this..http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine.html

Answer 2

Boadicea was Queen of the Celts whose husband was killed by the Romans and She and her two daughters were ravaged as well. Boadicea raised an army of the Iceni tribe and other Celtic tribes to make war on the Romans.

Xena is a fictional character but might have been based in part on Boadicea along with Joan of Arc. who led the French Army.

There may be many who say the Amazons were fictional yet there have been graves found near Siberia in which Ladies have been found buried with weapons proving there were Lady warriors riding near the Steppes.

Don't forget there were also Lady Native Americans who led warriors on raids against their enemies. There was a Lady named " Talks A Lot who led a war party against the whites to rescue her ( white ) adopted brother from the clutches of the whites.

( as an aside I nicknamed my ( now deceased ) wife Squaw Squawks A Lot in remembrance of Talks A Lot because of her feisty temper and willingness to fight for what She believed was right in addition to the fact She like Talks A Lot did Talk A Lot. )

Answer 3

No Xena is just a C20th invention -- although the ancient goddess Athena had the title Xenia, so the name at least is very old.

Some real epic heroines were:

Atalanta, the huntress who was the first to wound the giant Calydonian Boar, and also slay two Centaurs who tried to kill her husband.

Medea, the witch, wife of Jason, who assisted him in his quest for the Golden Fleece -- she put the dragon to sleep, killed the bronze giant Talos, and other feats.

Antigone, a princess of Thebes, who guided her blind father Oedipus in his wanderings after he was blinded. She later buried her brother against the orders of King Creon, and was put to death. (She was a heroine in a moral sense).

Penthesilea, an Amazon princess, who assisted King Priam in the Trojan War and was killed by Achilles.

Also the famous loves of the gods were called heroines by the Greeks : Semele, Callisto, Alcmena, Danae, etc.

Answer 4

There is neither woman with the name Xena in Greek mythology nor a warrior princess.
The biggest woman hero in Greek mythology is Atalanta, who was one of the Argonauts and the only woman in Argo (Jason's ship). Other women who were something like heroes are the Amazons. Their most known Queen was Hippolite (known from Hercules).

Answer 5

I think the "Xena" is more an indication of the kinds of things that preoccupy late-modern popular culture than an epic hero. An epic hero would be more akin to Beowulf or Odysseus.

Answer 6

I think Xena is not a historic person. She's a Hollywood hero.

There's no Xena, the war princess in the greek mythology. I don't know about other mythologies, but there's no such person in the greek mythology.

Answer 7

I think the amazons are greatest women warriors.
Because they were like 6 foot 6 and weighed 250 pounds.
They were able to easily defeat all men in combat.
So that is why they are the best women warriors ever.

Answer 8

Even though she may be fictional, I like her the best.

Xena wasn't based on anyway, by the way. Someone mentioned Boadicea. She appeared in an episode of the third season, played by Jennifer Ward-Lealand. She was perfect in the role.

Answer 9

she is real, they found her bones in her grave

Answer 10

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