mythic hero, n.Definitions

Mythic hero (n.) bears ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a "negative connotation" — the very trait that has always misled interpreters, and the decisive proof once understood.

The Mythic hero (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠commits crimes is usually lynched: the primitive hero's punishment resembles the fate of persecution's victims more closely than Oedipus's does.