• The northwest heroön at Sagalassos, Turkey. A heroön or heroon (plural heroa) (/hɪˈroʊ.ɒn/; Ancient Greek: ἡρῷον, romanized: hērôion, pl. ἡρῷα, hērôia)...
  • The so-called Heroön at Lefkandi is a troubling piece of ancient architecture. There are no other discovered examples of buildings quite like it.
  • A heroön is defined as a shrine constructed in the classical world over and around the tomb of a respected ruler and used for their veneration and hero worship.
  • The Heroön at Nemea is an ancient Greek sanctuary located in the Peloponnese region of Greece, near the modern-day village of Ancient Nemea.
  • The sanctuary of Zeus in Nemea also contains a heroön, this one dedicated to the infant hero Opheltes. The Heroon at Nemea was known as a popular place to...
  • Three phases of construction can be distinguished in the Heroön: early Archaic, late Archaic, and early Hellenistic.
  • The so-called Heroön of Trysa was the tomb of a powerful Lycian dynast surrounded by a precinct wall covered with remarkable mythological friezes.
  • The cult typically centred on the heroön in which the hero's bones were usually believed to be contained.
  • Henotheism is the belief in or cultus to one God while not denying the existence of others. Heroön - See Iróön. ... Noun.) Hero, Demigod. Iróön - (Heroön; Gr.
  • Heroön synonyms, Heroön pronunciation, Heroön translation, English dictionary definition of Heroön. n Greek history a temple or monument dedicated to a hero...