ἥρως, ὁ
(also ἡ in signification 111), genitive ἥρωος (ἥρως codices in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.303, perhaps to be read ἥρω?~Xος), “IG” 22.1641.6 (4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; also ἥρω [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.249, “IG” 2.1191 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.4.10: _dative_ ἥρωϊ] Refs 4th c.BC+], mostly in form ἥρῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.453, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.483, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 174.18, Oracle texts cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.66: _accusative_ ἥρωα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 738d, “IG” 3.810 (ἥρω?~Xα “epigram Gr.” 774 (from Priene))] Refs 8th c.BC+]; usually in form ἥρω [[ “IG” 2.1058.25 (4th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391d, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.766, etc., also ἥρων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167:—Plur., _nominative_ ἥρωες (ω?~X 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.58), rarely _contraction_ ἥρως, as in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 304: _dative_ ἥρωσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 55, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1485; ἡρώνεσσι 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 154: _accusative_ ἥρωας (ω?~X 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.53), rarely ἥρως, as in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 516, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—hero, ἥρωες Δαναοί, Ἀχαιοί, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.110, 19.34; στίχας ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.101 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡρώων ἀγοράς, of the Phaeacians,[[ 7.44; ἥρῳ Δημοδόκῳ 8.483; οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῶν ἀρχαίων μόνοι ἦσαν ἥρωες, οἱ δὲ λαοὶ ἄνθρωποι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 932b18, but compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]