ἥρως: Difference between revisions

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