The unchampion

The more we favor the heroism of the individual, the less we have faith in the basic wellness of the community; the less we have faith in the community, the more we depend ourselves on the wisdom of the ruling elites. 

The Greek myths belong to a vision of people who need the ruling elites whereas the biblical story presents a vision of society founded in the wisdom of crowds and organized to harness their autonomy. 

The Greeks depend on drama to resolve their social challenges whereas the Chumash is anti-dramatic: the resolution comes not from the release of tension between tragic forces that have been building up in some sort of narrative arc. People living well together in bucolic harmony are, dramatically speaking, not all that interesting. 

The Spartans may have had it more right than the Athenians. The Spartan instinct might have been suspicious of the outstanding exemplary over the strength of the team or the tribe. 

Likewise this divide might separate the Mosaic from the Davidic. David is a champion the way Moses is not. The rise of the House of David fixed and sealed it as the locus of power and ingenuity for the nation, and it resulted in the fall of the people of Israel.