ἥρως: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ in signf. <span class="bibl">111</span>), gen. [[ἥρωος]] ([[ἥρως]] codd. in <span class="bibl">Od.6.303</span>, fort. leg. [[ἥρωος]]), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1641.6 (iv B.C.), etc.; also <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἥρω <span class="bibl">D.19.249</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.1191 (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Paus.10.4.10</span>: dat. [[ἥρωϊ]], mostly in form ἥρῳ <span class="bibl">Il.7.453</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.483</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.174.18</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.66</span>: acc. ἥρωα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>738d</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.810 (ἥρωα <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>774 (Priene)); usu. in form ἥρω <span class="title">IG</span>2.1058.25 (iv B.C.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>391d</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.766</span>, etc., also ἥρων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.167</span>:—Plur., nom. [[ἥρωες]] (ω <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.58</span>), rarely contr. [[ἥρως]], as in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>304</span>: dat. ἥρωσιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1485</span>; ἡρώνεσσι <span class="bibl">Sophr.154</span>: acc. [[ἥρωας]] (ω <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.53</span>), rarely [[ἥρως]], as in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>516</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>4</span>:—[[hero]], [[ἥρωες Δαναοί]], [[ἀχαιοί]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.110</span>,<span class="bibl">19.34</span>; στίχας ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων <span class="bibl">Od.1.101</span>; [[ἡρώων ἀγοράς]], of the Phaeacians, <span class="bibl">7.44</span>; ἥρῳ Δημοδόκῳ <span class="bibl">8.483</span>; οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῶν ἀρχαίων μόνοι ἦσαν ἥρωες, οἱ δὲ λαοὶ ἄνθρωποι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 932b18</span>, but cf. Il. cc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the Fourth Age of men]], between [[δαίμονες]] and [[ἄνθρωποι]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>172</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>398c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[heroes]], [[as objects of worship]], ἥ. ἀντίθεοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.53</span>,<span class="bibl">4.58</span>; [[ἥρως θεός]], of Heracles, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>3.22</span>; but [Ἡρακλέϊ] τῷ μὲν ὡς Ὀλυμπίῳ θύουσι, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ ὡς ἥρωι ἐναγίζουσι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.44</span>; [[σίσυφος ἥρως]] <span class="bibl">Thgn.711</span>; twice in <span class="bibl">A., <span class="title">Ag.</span>516</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>; once in <span class="bibl">E., <span class="title">Fr.</span>446</span>(lyr.); οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθ' ἥρωας αἰσχυνθεῖσα <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.27</span>; esp. of [[local deities]], founders of cities, patrons of tribes, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.168</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.87</span>, Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1332b18</span>, etc.; at Athens, [[ἥρωες ἐπώνυμοι]] [[heroes]] after whom the [[φυλαί]] were named, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.5.1</span>,<span class="bibl">2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.66</span>; of historical persons to whom divine honours were paid, as Brasidas at Amphipolis, <span class="bibl">Th.5.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.114</span>,<span class="bibl">7.117</span>: hence,= Lat. [[divus]], [[ἥρωα ἀπεδείξατε]] [τὸν Αὔγουστον] <span class="bibl">D.C.56.41</span>; also,= <span class="title">Lares</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.14</span>; [[ὁ κατ' οἰκίαν ἥρως]]= [[lar familiaris]], ib.<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> later,= [[μακαρίτης]], [[deceased]], <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.7.13</span>: pl., <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.1390: freq. in Inscrr., ἥρως χρηστέ, χαῖρε <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).806, cf. 14.223, etc.; even of women, ib.9(2).961 (Larissa), al.; [[θεοῖς ἥρωσι]]= [[dis Manibus]], ib.14.1795 (Rome), etc.; ὑβρίσαντας τοὺς ἥρωας τῶν τέκνων ἡμῶν <span class="title">SIG</span>1243.23 (Acraeph.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[ἥρως ποικίλος]] = [[στιγματίας]], Hsch., Phot. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[βοῦς ἥρως]] = [[ἡγεμών]], <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.32. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> v. [[Ἥρων]].</span>