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- noun Alternative spelling of
herõon .
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# Jim Wright, guiter heroon 27 Jan 2008 at 1:34 am
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Ruins during excavation and restoration drawing of the heroon (hero shrine, small building at left) and stoa (long structure at right) at Assos
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They applied the system to the dancing girls 'frieze from the northwest heroon and to the statues from Sagalassos in the new museum at Burdur.
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On this site, a heroon, or hero shrine, dedicated to Maron appears to have been established at some time prior to the Roman conquest.
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