herõon

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of herõon in Turkish Turkish dictionary
heroon: Tanrılaştırılmış ya da yarı tanrılaştırılmış olan ölülerin adına dikilmiş mezar yapısı
heroon: Eski Yumam'da bir kahramanın kutsandığı tapınak
heroon: Antikitede yüceltilmiş kahramanların anısına yapılan kutsal yapı
heroon: Antik çağda, yüceltilmiş kahramanlar adına yapılan özel yapı

German - Turkish

Definition of herõon in German Turkish dictionary
heroon: a shrine to a hero, usually identified with his tomb or a cenotaph (empty tomb, no body); many were founded around the remains of bronze age tholos tombs (click here for an example of a tholos tomb, the so-called treasury of Agamemnon). Cf. Lefkandi Hesiod, an early Greek poet, suggests that one's own customs or culture controls one's perceptsion of the world (Custom is the King of all)

English - English

Definition of herõon in English English dictionary: A temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb; A sepulchral monument in the form of a small temple
In Ancient Greece, a monument to a dead hero, and now the relics they find are most well preserved at heroons, like vases or pots with references to the deeds of Herakles, or Calydon.
heroon: Alternative spelling of herõon

herõon

Etymology

() Latin heroum from Ancient Greek ἡρῷον (hērōon) from ἡρῷος (hērōios, “of a hero”).

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