I will for myself define 'greatest' as 'most noble'
Luthien, Finrod and Galadriel tie for me.
Self -sacrifice, devotion, wisdom, and love.
the Athrabeth shows a glimpse deep into Finrod's mind and faith, if we had similar view into his cousins, uncle's only galadriel would come up even, w/ Maedhros and Maglor probably close but saddly tainted by the curse. We never get to 'see' Fingon, except for dying and saving maedhros.
To understand the full extant of galadriel's behind the scene contributions one must read UT's chapter on her and C.
Luthien for, to me, obvious reasons.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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