ἡρωϊκός

heroikos

of the heroes

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 5
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Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1448b33
Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16

1459a10
1459a11
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1459b32
1459b34
Politics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32

1285b4
1285b21
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20

1145a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἡρωϊκός, ή, όν, A. of the heroes, κατὰ τοὺς ἡ. χρόνους (cf. ἥρως 1.1) Arist. Pol. 1285b4; ἡ χλαῖνα ἡ. φόρημα Ammon. Diff. p.140V. 2. of or for a hero, heroic, φῦλον Pl. Cra. 398e; ἡ. σώματα of heroic stature, Phld. Po. 2.43; ἀρετή Arist. EN 1145a20; ἡρωϊκὰ φρονεῖν Luc. Am. 20. Adv. -κῶς like a hero, τελευτῆσαι τὸν βίον D.S. 2.45; cf. ἡροϊκός. II. in Metre, ἡ. στίχος heroic verse, hexameter, Pl. Lg. 958e; μέτρον Arist. Po. 1459b32; εἰς τὴν ἡ. τάξιν ἐπανῆχθαι to be brought into an Epic poem, D. 60.9. Adv. -κῶς, τὴν τραγῳδίαν ἀναγνῶναι D.T. 629.18.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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