hero
ἥρως,ὁ(alsoἡin signf. 111 ), gen.ἥρωος(ἥρωςcodd. in Od. 6.303 , fort. leg.ἥρω̆ος), IG 22.1641.6
(iv B.C.), etc.; also
A.
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 ( ἥρω̆α
Epigr.Gr. 774
(Priene)); usu. 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(ω̆
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(ω̆
Pi. P. 1.53 ), rarelyἥρως, 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.
2. the Fourth Age of men, betweenδαίμονεςandἄνθρωποι, Hes. Op. 172 , cf. Pl. Cra. 398c .
3. heroes, as objects of worship, ἥ. ἀντίθεοι
Pi. P. 1.53
, 4.58 ;ἥ. θεός, of Heracles, Id. N. 3.22 ; but [ Ἡρακλέϊ] τῷ μὲν ὡς Ὀλυμπίῳ θύουσι, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ ὡς ἥρωι ἐναγίζουσι
Hdt. 2.44
;Σίσυφος ἥ. Thgn. 711 ; twice in A.,Ag. 516 , Fr. 55 ; once in E.,Fr. 446 (lyr.); οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθ' ἥρωας αἰσχυνθεῖσα
Antipho 1.27
; esp. oflocal deities, founders of cities, patrons of tribes, etc., Hdt. 1.168 , Th. 4.87 , Pl. Lg. l.c., Arist. Pol. 1332b18 , etc.; at Athens,ἥ. ἐπώνυμοι heroesafter whom theφυλαίwere 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 ἥ.,=Lar familiaris, ib. 2 .
II. 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.).
III. ἥ. ποικίλος,
= στιγματίας , Hsch. , Phot.
IV. βοῦς ἥ.,
= ἡγεμών , IG 22.1126.32 .
V.
v. Ἥρων .
