heroogony

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhi.ɹoʊˈɑ.ɡə.ni/

Noun

heroogony (uncountable)

1. The history and genealogy of demigods or heroes, especially the uncompleted history found in portions of Hesiod's Theogony.
   • 1846, “Hsiodus”, in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology‎^[1], volume 2, page 442:

     […] 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.

   • 2010, Jon Bartley Stewart, editor, Kierkegaard and the Greek World: Aristotle and other Greek authors‎^[2]:

     The Theogony consists of a cosmogony, a theogony proper, and an unfinished heroogony.

   • 2012, Gerard Naddaf, The Greek Concept of Nature: The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition‎^[3]:

     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).

Related terms

• cosmogony
• theogony