Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage, and her relationship with the hero Aeneas are explored in Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Heroides.

The homoerotic relationship between Nisus and Euryalus in the Aeneid is an example of a shared love and bond between two men in the epic.

Heroism is a concept that has changed from ancient to modern times, from Achilles to Superman, Odysseus to Batman and beyond!