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ἡρῷον

ἡρῷον, the temple of a hero

ἡρῷον, Ion. ἡρώϊον, τό,
      • 1 (sc. ἱερόν or ἕδος) shrine of a hero, Hdt. 5.47, 67, Th. 2.17, etc.; θἠρῷον, i.e. τὸ ἡρῷον, Ar. V. 819.
      • 2 tomb, IG 12(7).478 (Amorgos), IGRom. 4.799 (Apamea, iii A.D.), etc.:—in form ἡρώειον, CIG 4418 (Cilicia), etc.
      • 3 (sc. μέτρον) hexameter, Plu. Num. 4, etc.
      • 4 ἡρῷα (sc. ἱερά), τά, festival of a hero, δειπνεῖν Id. Praec. 2.811d, cf. IG 2(2).974.

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