Greek hero cult
Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. In Homeric Greek, "hero" (ἥρως, hḗrōs) refers to a man who was fighting on either side during the Trojan War. By the historical period, however, the word came to mean specifically a dead man, venerated and propitiated at his tomb or at a designated shrine, because his fame during life or unusual manner of death gave him power to support and protect the living. A hero was more than human but less than a god, and various kinds of supernatural figures came to be assimilated to the class of heroes; the distinction between a hero and a god was less than certain, especially in the case of Heracles, the most prominent, but atypical hero.
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Greek hero cult
Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. In Homeric Greek, "hero" (ἥρως, hḗrōs) refers to a man who was fighting on either side during the Trojan War. By the historical period, however, the word came to mean specifically a dead man, venerated and propitiated at his tomb or at a designated shrine, because his fame during life or unusual manner of death gave him power to support and protect the living. A hero was more than human but less than a god, and various kinds of supernatural figures came to be assimilated to the class of heroes; the distinction between a hero and a god was less than certain, especially in the case of Heracles, the most prominent, but atypical hero.
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De heroëncultus was in het oud ...... tussen de goden en de mensen.
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El culto heroico era una de la ...... otorgó poder sobre los vivos.
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Hero cults were one of the mos ...... tes," observes Robin Lane Fox.
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Kult herosów – kult bohaterów, ...... nak jest to sprawa dyskusyjna.
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Le culte héroïque est, en Grèc ...... os, mais aussi à des héroïnes.
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英雄崇拜(英文:Hero cults)是古希臘宗教眾多鮮明特 ...... ,”羅賓·萊恩·福克斯(Robin Lane Fox)陳述。
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De heroëncultus was in het oud ...... tussen de goden en de mensen.
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El culto heroico era una de la ...... otorgó poder sobre los vivos.
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Hero cults were one of the mos ...... prominent, but atypical hero.
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Kult herosów – kult bohaterów, ...... jednak jest to sprawa dyskusyj
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Le culte héroïque est, en Grèc ...... os, mais aussi à des héroïnes.
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���雄崇拜(英文:Hero cults)是古希臘宗教眾多鮮 ...... Heracles)的情況,這是最突出的,但卻不是典型的英雄。
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Culte héroïque grec
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Culto heroico griego
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Greek hero cult
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Heroëncultus
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Kult herosów
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希臘英雄崇拜
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