The Nine Worthies: Pagans, Hebrews, Christians

I recently learned of the traditional "Nine Worthies" of military history. Three are Jewish, three are pagan, three are Christian.

Pagans
1. Hector
2. Alexander
3. Julius Caesar

Hebrews
4. Joshua
5. David
6. Judas Maccabaeus

Christians
7. Arthur
8. Charlemagne
9. Godfrey of Bouillon

Both Shakespeare (Love's Labor's Lost) and Cervantes (Don Quixote) invoke the Nine Worthies.

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