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ἥρως (hērōs) hero ^G:N

ἥρως, ὁ

(also ἡ in signification 111), genitive ἥρωος (ἥρως codices in [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; also ἥρω [Refs 4th c.BC+], mostly in form ἥρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; usually in form ἥρω [ἥρως, as in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 304: \_dative\_ ἥρωσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 55, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1485; ἡρώνεσσι 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 154: \_accusative\_ ἥρωας (ω?\~X 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.53), rarely ἥρως, as in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 516, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 4 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]:—hero, ἥρωες Δαναοί, Ἀχαιοί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡρώων ἀγοράς, of the Phaeacians,[Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 the Fourth Age of men, between δαίμονες and ἄνθρωποι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 heroes, as objects of worship, ἥ. ἀντίθεοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἥ. θεός, of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σίσυφος ἥ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; especially of local deities, founders of cities, patrons of tribes, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Athens, ἥ. ἐπώνυμοι heroes after whom the φυλαί were named, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of historical persons to whom divine honours were paid, as Brasidas at Amphipolis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence,= Latin divus, ἥρωα ἀπεδείξατε [τὸν Αὔγουστον] [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὁ κατ᾽ οἰκίαν ἥ.,= Lar familiaris, [Refs]
__II later,= μακαρίτης, deceased, [ἥρως χρηστέ, χαῖρε “IG” 9(2).806, compare 14.223, etc.; even of women, [prev. work]9(2).961 (from Larissa), +others">Refs 3rd c.AD+]; θεοῖς ἥρωσι,= Dis Manibus, [Refs]; ὑβρίσαντας τοὺς ἥρωας τῶν τέκνων ἡμῶν [Refs]
__III ἥ. ποικίλος, ={στιγματίας}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__IV βοῦς ἥ., ={ἡγεμών}, [Refs]
__V see at {Ἥρων}.