Heroon

Alternative forms

• herõon

Origin

Latin heroum, respelled to match the original Ancient Greek ἡρῷον, from ἡρῷος (hērōios, "of a hero").

Full definition of heroon

Noun

1. (obsolete) A temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.
2. 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.