Parker gives a concise and clear synopsis of hero.
Parker, Robert[англ.].Greek Religion // The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World (англ.) / Boardman, John; Griffin, Jasper[англ.]; Murray, Oswyn. — Oxford: Oxford University Press. — ISBN 9780191500626.. — «The term 'hero' had a technical sense in Greek religion: a hero was a figure less powerful than a god, to whom cult was paid. He was normally conceived as a mortal who had died, and the typical site of such a cult was a tomb. But various kinds of minor supernatural figure came to be assimilated to the class and, as in the case of Heracles, the distinction between a hero and a god could be uncertain.».
Parker gives a concise and clear synopsis of hero.
Parker, Robert[англ.].Greek Religion // The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World (англ.) / Boardman, John; Griffin, Jasper[англ.]; Murray, Oswyn. — Oxford: Oxford University Press. — ISBN 9780191500626.. — «The term 'hero' had a technical sense in Greek religion: a hero was a figure less powerful than a god, to whom cult was paid. He was normally conceived as a mortal who had died, and the typical site of such a cult was a tomb. But various kinds of minor supernatural figure came to be assimilated to the class and, as in the case of Heracles, the distinction between a hero and a god could be uncertain.».
