Abstract
The article is engaged in ethos of ancient and modern literature and postmodern films. Compare conception heroes in Homers Illias and Odyssey with main characters of ?Illion? [American film].
Interpretation demonstrates ethical ideals in Homers time and in postmodern thinking, their correspondence and transformation. The article shows, that the European civilization has her tradition and ?archetyps?.
This tradition is very important in the multicultural world.