ἡρωικός
ή, όν, Adv.
A.
of the heroes, κατὰ τοὺς ἡ. χρόνους (cf. ἥρως 1.1) Arist. Pol. 1285b4; ἡ χλαῖνα ἡ. φόρημα Ammon. Diff. p.140V.
2.
of or for a hero, heroic, φῦλον Pl. Cra. 398e; ἡ. σώματα of heroic stature, Phld. Po. 2.43; ἀρετή Arist. EN 1145a20; ἡρωϊκὰ φρονεῖν Luc. Am. 20. Adv. ‐κῶς like a hero, τελευτῆσαι τὸν βίον D.S. 2.45; cf. ἡροϊκός.
II.
in Metre, ἡ. στίχος heroic verse, hexameter, Pl. Lg. 958e; μέτρον Arist. Po. 1459b32; εἰς τὴν ἡ. τάξιν ἐπανῆχθαι to be brought into an Epic poem, D. 60.9. Adv. ‐κῶς, τὴν τραγῳδίαν ἀναγνῶναι D.T. 629.18.