Demigods
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demigods · Heracles and the Dioscuri and Theseus and Achilles · heroes
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1 expressionHeracles and the Dioscuri and Theseus and Achilles“demigods”1 mention
Orations (Greek)
and some they declare to be gods, others heroes—such as Heracles and the Dioscuri and Theseus and Achilles and all who are called demigods.
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Orations
A group of legendary heroes and demigods held up as objects of popular admiration for apparent virtue.
and some they declare to be gods, others heroes—such as Heracles and the Dioscuri and Theseus and Achilles and all who are called demigods.
To Philip
Heroic figures of the past who gained semi-divine fame through campaigns benefiting Hellas.
And you will observe that this is the opinion which men hold, not of these heroes only, but of all mankind.
because some writers employ it in season and out of season, and also because I am unwilling to represent those whom the world regards as demigods as of less worth than men who are now living.
You will best resolve upon this question if you feel that you are summoned to this task, not by my words only, but by your forefathers, by the cowardice of the Persians, and by all who have won great fame and attained the rank of demigods because of their campaigns against the barbarians, and, most of all, by the present opportunity, which finds you in the possession of greater power than has any …