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Herostratos

Herostratos is the alternative form of Herostratus.

Meaning of Herostratus

Proper noun

Herostratus

  1. an Ancient Greek arsonist who destroyed the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in order to become famous

Origin of Herostratos

From Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos).

Questions about Herostratos

What is Herostratos the alternative form of?
Herostratos is the alternative form of Herostratus.

Words near Herostratos in the dictionary

  1. heroship
  2. heroships
  3. herostratic
  4. herostratic fame
  5. herostratically
  6. Herostratos
  7. Herostratus
  8. herotheism
  9. Heroux
  10. herp
  11. herp derp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Herostratos (page history and authors); Herostratus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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