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Hero

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Hero

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n
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
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n
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Hero
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n (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

Example of:
mythical being
an imaginary being of myth or fable
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n Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Synonyms:
Hero of Alexandria, Heron
Example of:
artificer, discoverer, inventor
someone who is the first to think of or make something
mathematician
a person skilled in mathematics
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