heroon

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Etymology

Latin heroum, respelled to match the original Ancient Greek ἡρῷον (hērôion), from ἡρῷος (hērôios, “of a hero”).

Noun

heroon (plural heroons or heroa)

  1. (obsolete) A temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.
  2. A sepulchral monument in the form of a small temple.
    In Ancient Greece, a monument to a dead hero, and now the relics they find are most well preserved at heroons, like vases or pots with references to the deeds of Herakles, or Calydon.

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Noun

heroon

  1. accusative singular of heroo
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