At the time of his own death, Xenophon's standing as author of a considerable oeuvre and hero of an adventure nearly five decades old but ideologically vivid in a Greek world defined by its relationship to Persia had never been higher.
And as if that double-header wasn't enticing enough, we also managed to enlist the considerable talents of local heroes Hans Pucket, Bad Friend, Race Banyon and Aw B to round out the lineup.
And life underwater can be hard: In "Pinocchio" (1940), the hero spends considerable screen time playing Ahab, searching the ocean floor for a monstrous whale; in the final reel, he inexplicably dies of drowning!
The hero, Horton, is an elephant who takes it upon himself, in the face of considerable scoffing, to champion the cause of a colony of Whos, microscopic creatures who inhabit a grain of dust.
It's still an open question, though, whether Mr. Hock — like everyone else in Mr. Herren's life at one time or another — has been taken in by the hometown hero's charisma, considerable good looks and easy athleticism.
When the Marquis de Lafayette returned to France following the American Revolution, to which he had lent military talent and considerable funds, he was a hero eager to lead his people in a revolution of their own.
It's cosy in two ways: the world and values we see destroyed are depicted with considerable sentimentality; and the narrator-hero has numerous little pangs about doing the decent thing, like helping other people.
Truxton was considered a hero and received considerable praise for his actions.
Western officials have long insisted they would crack down on former guerrillas guilty of crimes in Kosovo, even though many enjoy considerable power and are seen as heroes by members of the province's ethnic Albanian majority.
It runs in conjunction with the Guardian's International Development Journalism Awards and is designed to recognise the "unsung heroes" who have made a considerable impact on poverty alleviation in the developing world.
