A heroön or heroon (plural heroa) (/hɪˈroʊ.ɒn/; Ancient Greek: ἡρῷον, romanized: hērôion, pl. ἡρῷα, hērôia), also latinized as heroum, is a shrine dedicated...

The Heroon at Nemea is a part of the larger Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus in the North-West Argolid. A small feature of the sanctuary as a whole, the heroon...

The Heroon of Trysa is the modern name for an ancient tomb, built around 380 BCE in Trysa, in ancient Lycia in southwest Turkey. It was discovered in 1841...

the remains of a man and a woman under a large structure called by some a hērōön (ἡρῷον) or "hero's grave." The other grave held four horses which appear...

Funeral and burial practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris...

buried was Philip II. Located near Tomb 1 are the above-ground ruins of a heroon, a shrine for cult worship of the dead. In 2014, the ancient Macedonian...

Funeral and burial practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris...

Divo Giulio), also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, is an ancient structure in the Roman Forum...

largest 10th-century building yet known from Greece. Sometimes called "the heroon", this long narrow building, 50 metres by 10 metres, or about 164 feet by...

Funeral and burial practices Funeral oration Greco-Roman mysteries Hero cult Heroon Hierophany Hieros gamos Hymns Incubation Komos Nekyia Omophagia Orgia Panegyris...