Heroogony
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌhi.ɹoʊˈɑ.ɡə.ni/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Heroogony is a noun meaning The history and genealogy of demigods or heroes, especially the uncompleted history found in portions of Hesiod's Theogony.
Meaning
The history and genealogy of demigods or heroes, especially the uncompleted history found in portions of Hesiod's Theogony.
Example Sentences
The Theogony consists of a cosmogony, a theogony proper, and an unfinished heroogony.
Whether or not Hesiod added it himself, it should be no surprise that at the end of the Theogony there is a short heroogony (937f).
[…] the last portion, which is in fact a heroogony, being an account of the heroes born by mortal morthers whose charms had drawn the immortals from Olympus.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include theogony, herotheism, theogonism, ur-hero, mythohistory, demigod.
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