Heroon
As Heroon ( plural Heroa , Greek ἡρῷον ) is referred to in the Greco-Roman architecture, a sanctuary or a grave monument of a hero , which there was of great reverence usually the legendary founder of the respective Polis . In these cases, such a building is to be regarded as a monument ( cenotaph ), especially if it was built long after the honored person's death. Especially in Hellenism , the establishment of Heroa as urban places of worship increased, not infrequently to demonstrate the independence of the polis. These buildings were mostly constructed in exposed locations, on or near the agora or directly in front of the city gate.
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Well-known Heroa are:
- the Heroon for Diodoros Pasparos in Pergamon
- the Heroon of Kalydon
- the Heroon of Limyra
- the Heroon of Trysa (today in Vienna )
- the Temenos for the ruler cult in Pergamon
- the Menelaion , a heroon for Menelaus and Helena near Sparta
- the so-called tomb of Theron in Agrigento
- the Heroon of Atilia Pomptilla in Cagliari in Sardinia
- an excavated building in Lefkandi is also interpreted as a heroon .
- In Pompeii a Heroon dedicated to Hercules was found in the Forum Triangolare .
literature
- Hans von Geisau: hero cult. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 1103-1105.
- Christoph Höcker : Metzler Lexicon of Ancient Architecture. 2nd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02294-3 . P. 130
Web links
Commons : Heroa - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Heroon - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
