ἥρως

ἥρως, ὁ (also ἡ in signf. III), gen. ἥρωος (ἥρως codd. in Od. 6.303, fort. leg. ἥρω˘ος), IG 22.1641.6 (iv B.C.), etc.; also 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 (ἥρω˘α 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 (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:—A. 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, between δαίμονες and ἄνθρωποι, 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 οὔθʼ ἥρωας αἰσχυνθεῖσα Antipho 1.27; esp. 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, ἥ. 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 κατʼ 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.