Tomb vs Heroon - What's the difference?
tomb | heroon |
A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.
A sepulchral monument in the form of a small temple.
As nouns the difference between tomb and heroon
is that tomb is block while heroon is (obsolete) a temple dedicated to a hero, often over his supposed tomb.tomb
English
Noun
(en noun)- As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .