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On Heroes (Heroicus)Philostratus

Greek Mythology and Religion

On Heroes (Heroicus)

by Philostratus · Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken (trans.)

A Greek dialogue in which a vinedresser in the Troad reports what the ghost of the hero Protesilaus tells him about the heroes of Troy. It is a major source for the cult of the heroes, including Achilles on the island of Leuke.

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