Question

In the ancient world, what kind of writing portrayed the essential character of a person so that people would want to emulate that person?

Answer 1

Answer:    Epic poems

Explanation: An epic poem or narrative poem that usually describes deeds of some of the heroes, such as Gilgamesh or Beowulf. It is certainly about the heroic acts of such heroes, their extraordinary abilities, their courage. The grandiose style of describing them, their lives, their plot, etc., was used to better understand the exceptional nature of these heroes. These are semi-mythical or completely mythical characters on the basis of which some of the universal moral traits are built. Of course, they can be kings, but other types of heroes, who as such were role models to the whole nation, to a group of people, etc.