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Hermitage AOC Hermitage is an AOC for wine made in the RhĂ´ne valley, south of Lyon in France, in a fairly small area on a hill site near Tain l'Hermitage in the RhĂ´ne wine region. The vines grow on the south west side of a steep hill facing the afternoon sun.
Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum () in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries and museums of human history and culture in the world. The vast Hermitage collections are displayed in six buildings, the main one being the Winter Palace which used to be the official residence of the Russian Tsars.
Hermitage Park Primary School Hermitage Park Primary School is a small nursery and primary school in Leith, Edinburgh, UK. It is a cosy school with over 15 classrooms, a staff room, girl and boy toilets, a gymnasium and a large dinner hall.
Hermitage Road Historic District Hermitage Road Historic District (HRHD) is a Northside neighborhood in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia. The district is a Richmond Old and Historic District, as well as being listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
Hermitage, Tennessee Hermitage, Tennessee is a section of Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee located in eastern Davidson County, adjacent to, and named in honor of, The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. Though the area is incorporated as part of the Nashville/Davidson County metropolitan government, it maintains its own identity as a residential and commercial suburban area.
Hermite interpolation Hermite interpolation is a method closely related to the Newton divided difference method of interpolation in numerical analysis, that allows us to consider given derivatives at data points, as well as the data points themselves. The interpolation will give a polynomial that has a degree less than or equal to the number of pieces of data (both data points and their derivatives) given minus 1.
Hermite polynomials In mathematics, the Hermite polynomials are a classical orthogonal polynomial sequence that arise in probability, such as the Edgeworth series; in combinatorics, as an example of an Appell sequence, obeying the umbral calculus; and in physics, as the eigenstates of the quantum harmonic oscillator. They are named in honor of Charles Hermite.
Hermitian matrix A Hermitian matrix (or self-adjoint matrix) is a square matrix with complex entries which is equal to its own conjugate transpose — that is, the element in the ith row and jth column is equal to the complex conjugate of the element in the jth row and ith column, for all indices i and j:
Hermits of St. Augustine The Hermits of St. Augustine, generally called Augustinians but not to be confounded with the Augustinian Canons, are a Roman Catholic religious order which in the thirteenth century combined several monastic societies into one, under this name.
Hermocrates (dialogue) Hermocrates is a hypothetic dialogue, assumed to be the third part of Plato's late trilogy along with Timaeus and Critias. Since Plato never completed the Critias for an unknown reason, it is quite certain that he never began writing the Hermocrates.
Hermogenes of Priene Interest in Hermogenes of Priene (late 3rd - early 2nd century BCE), the Hellenistic architect of a temple of Artemis Leukophryene (Artemision) at Magnesia in Lydia, an Ionian colony on the banks of the Maeander river in Anatolia, has been sparked by references to his esthetic made by the first century Roman architect Vitruvius (De Architectura, books iii, 2 and 6).
Hermon Henry Cook Hermon (Herman) Henry Cook (April 26 1826-April 12 1914) was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1878 and Simcoe East from 1882 to 1891.
Hermon, Los Angeles, California Hermon is a small town in California, in the United States. It is situated in a half square-mile valley bordered by the Arroyo Seco and the historic 110 freeway to the west, Monterey Hills to the south, and South Pasadena to the north and east.
Hermonthis The modern town of Armant (ancient Iuny; Coptic: Armant; known in Greek as Hermonthis), is located about 12 miles south of Thebes, in Egypt. It was an important Middle Kingdom town, which was enlarged during the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation Incorporated in 1992, the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation is a fund-raising organization for [[Hermosa Beach] public schools. Operated entirely by volunteers, our focus is to meet the school district's educational needs by funding instructional programs in science, technology, foreign language and the arts.
Hermosa Foundation The Hermosa Foundation is a non-existing foundation, rumoured to have been created and financed by Plácido Domingo, in order to help fellow tenor José Carreras in his fight for life against leukemia. The rumour also states that Domingo's support was kept secret, as he was allegedly enemy with Carreras at the time and didn't want to humiliate him by publicly offering his help.
Hermosillo Hermosillo is the capital of the state of Sonora, Mexico. It is centrally located within the state at and is within several hundred miles of several other major Mexican cities, such as Tijuana and Mexicali, and U.
Hermosillo Seris The Hermosillo Seris (Seris being one of the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert region of North America) was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Hermosillo, Mexico. The team began play in the fall of 2004 and folded operations in January of 2005 because of financial difficulties.
Hermotimus of Clazomenae Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a philosopher who first proposed, before Anaxagoras (according to Aristotle) the idea of mind being fundamental in the cause of change. He proposed that physical entities are static, while the mind causes the change.
Hermunduri The Hermunduri (alternate spellings: Hermunduri, Hermunduli, Hermonduri, Hermonduli) were an ancient tribe of Germanic people who occupied the area around what is now Thuringia, Saxony, and Northern Bavaria, from the first to the third century.
Hermux Tantamoq Hermux Tantamoq is a fictional anthropomorphic mouse character featured in Michael Hoeye's children's novels Time Stops for No Mouse, The Sands of Time, and No Time Like Show Time. He is the main character in the series.
Hernac Hernac, one of the sons of Attila, was a ruler of part of the Huns after the father's death. As part of the disintegration of the Hunnic kingdom he, unlike his brother Dengizich, managed to come to terms with the Roman empire and obtained a new fiefdom in Dobrudja (modern Romania) on east Roman soil.
Hernan Behn Hernan Behn co-founded the Puerto Rico Telephone Company which eventually spawned ITT. Behn, along with his brother Sosthenes built the Two Brothers Bridge —Puente Dos Hermanos in Spanish— in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico.
Hernan Diaz Alonso Hernan Diaz-Alonso (born January 27, 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina ) is an architect in the United States. Currently his firm is Xefirotarchlocated in Los Angeles, CA, where he teaches at the Southern California School of Architecture (sci_arc)[http://www.
Hernan Giraldo Hernan Giraldo, also known as the "Lord of the Sierra", is the leader of the Colombian paramilitary organization Tayrona Resistance Block, a 1,166-member armed group, part of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. A Colombian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 20 workers; he was tried in absentia.
Hernan Gumy Hernán Gumy (born March 5, 1972 in Buenos Aires) is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Nicolas Pereira.
Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel (in Spanish, Túnel Subfluvial Hernandarias) is an underwater road tunnel that communicates the provinces of Entre Ríos and Santa Fe in Argentina, crossing the Paraná River between the capital of Entre Ríos, Paraná, and Santa Cándida Island, 15 km from Santa Fe. Its name is an homage to Hernando Arias de Saavedra (commonly referred to as Hernandarias), the first governor in South America descendant from Europeans and born in The Americas.
Hernando de Alarcón Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, noted for having led an early expedition to the peninsula of Baja California, meant to be coordinated with Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado's overland expedition, and for penetrating the lower Colorado River, perhaps as far as the modern California-Arizona boundary.
Hernando Molina Araujo Hernando César Molina Araújo, the son of Hernando Molina Céspedes and Consuelo Araujowas, was born in 1961 in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. He studied in the Colegio Nacional Loperena in Valledupar and later studied law in the Antonio Nariño University, but dropped out.
Hernâni Hernâni Ferreira da Silva (born 1 September 1931 in Águeda, Portugal, died 5 April 2001) was a Portuguese football player who played almost his entire career at FC Porto. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.
Hernán Cortés Hernán(do) Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) was the conquistador who became famous for leading the military expedition that initiated the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Cortés was part of the generation of European colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan (born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican soccer player and coach. Nicknamed "el Pelicano", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy (Foggia Calcio), the Yugoslavian first division (Dinamo Zagreb), the Austrian Bundesliga (SK Rapid Wien), la Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the Mexican premier league, with CF Pachuca, León and Necaxa.
Hernán Padilla Hernán Padilla (born 1938) was the chairman for the US Council for Puerto Rico Statehood (USCPRS) and was the founder of the Partido Renovación Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Renewal Party), which split from the pro-statehood New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico in 1983.
Hernáni Borges Hernâni José Oliveira Santos Borges (born 27 August, 1981) is a football (soccer) striker from Cape Verde with good finishing skills. who currently plays for Desportivo das Aves in the Portuguese Liga and Cape Verde national football team.
Herne Hill Herne Hill is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London. There is a road of the same name which is part of the A215, formerly known as "Heron's Hill".
Herne Hill Velodrome The Herne Hill Velodrome is a cycling venue situated in a park off Burbage Road, Herne Hill, built in 1891, is the only remaining cycle racing track in London, and hosted the track cycling events in the 1948 Olympic Games. Unlike most modern, steeply-banked velodromes, it is a shallow concrete bowl.
Hero From the Greek , in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) usually fulfills the definitions of what is considered good and noble in the originating culture. Typically the willingness to sacrifice the self for the greater good is seen as the most important defining characteristic of a hero.
Hero (1992 film) Hero (also known as Accidental Hero) is a comedy and drama movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Chevy Chase, and Joan Cusack and directed by Stephen Frears. It was released in the United States on Friday, October 2, 1992.
Hero (2002 film) Hero () is a Chinese martial arts, drama and adventure film of the wuxia genre, directed by Zhang Yimou with music by Tan Dun. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the movie is loosely based on the legendary Jing Ke.
Hero (Battlestar Galactica) "Hero" is the eighth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica, following "A Measure of Salvation". This episode aired on November 17, 2006.
Hero (Chad Kroeger song) "Hero" is a song by Chad Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback, recorded in 2002 by Kroeger and Josey Scott, the lead singer of Saliva. Its performance is generally credited in full to "Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott.
Hero (Mariah Carey song) "Hero" is a pop song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and recorded for Carey's fourth album Music Box (1993). Its protagonist declares that even though we may feel discouraged or down at times, in reality we are all "heroes" if we look inside ourselves and see our own inner strength; in time, this will help us "find the way".
Hero (Quest for Glory) The Hero is the protagonist and player character in Sierra On-Line's Quest for Glory series of role-playing/graphic adventure games. During the character creation process, the player is given the opportunity to name him (or to not name him, in which case his name defaults to "Unknown Hero").
Hero (Superchick song) Hero was the 2002 smash hit single from Superchic[k], a Christian Alternative Rock/Christian Pop Punk band. It reached Number One on Christian Rock charts and enjoyed play on both Christian and mainstream radio stations.
Hero (title) The title of Hero is presented by various governments to their citizens for committing acts of self-sacrifice to the state, or for great achievements on the field of battle or in the labor force. The first Hero title that was presented was the Hero of Soviet Union, while it was followed with the Hero of Socialist Labor.
Hero (Warcraft) In Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game Warcraft III, a Hero is a special kind of unit which embodies some of the properties normally found in role-playing games, such as levelling and skill selection. Heroes were considered one of the most innovative features of Warcraft III, due to the large changes to traditional RTS concepts and strategies brought about by their introduction.
Hero Ba-Ban A creation of mangaka Makoto Raiku, Hero Ba-Ban (ヒーローバ-バン) is a cheerful, but not too powerful superhero that is an alter ego for the artist whom created him. His main mission in life is to protect children from any threats that may come to harm them.
Hero cup Hero cup was a cricket tournament organized by BCCI and partly by Bengal crciekt assosiation on its golden anniversary in 1993. India defeated South Africa in semi-finals when Sachin Tendulkar bowled the famous last over giving just 3 runs.
Hero City Hero City (Russian: город-герой, gorod-geroy) is an honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during the Great Patriotic War (World War II) of 1941 to 1945. It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union.
Hero Muller Hero Muller performs the voices of Cookie Monster and Herry Monster on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. Hero took over both roles from the late Peter Piekos, who couldn't be located at the time.
Hero of Belarus Hero of Belarus (Belarusian: Герой Беларусi; Łacinka: Hieroj Biełarusi; Russian: Герой Беларуси, transliterated Geroy Belarusi) is the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Belarus. Established by a presidential decree in 1995, the title is awarded to those "who perform great deeds in the name of Belarus.
Hero of Byzantium Hero of Byzantium is believed to be the literary pseudonym of an otherwise anonymous Byzantine author of a poliorketikon, an illustrated manual of siegecraft, dating from circa 950. He is also credited with the Geodaesia, a work in practical geometry and ballistics which makes use of locations around Constantinople to illustrate its points.
Hero of Socialist Labor Hero of Socialist Labor (Russian: Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture. It provided a similar status to the title Hero of the Soviet Union that was awarded for heroic deeds, but unlike the latter, was not awarded to foreign citizens.
Hero of the Day "Hero of the Day" is a song by Metallica in their 1996 album Load. It is about people who are looking for heroes in the media and that they are not realizing that those you should be "worshipping" are the people you come across in everyday life.
Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation () is a Russian decoration and the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by the Russian Federation. The President of the Russian Federation is the main conferring authority of the medal, which is bestowed on those committing actions or deeds that involve conspicuous bravery while in the service of the state.
Hero of Ukraine Hero of Ukraine (, transliteration: Heroy Ukrayiny; ) is the highest state decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma, and currently has two classes of distinction: one for heroism and the other for achievement in labor.
Hero online Hero Online is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Netgame based on a story written by three generations of Chinese novelists. Hero Online is free to play with cash shop items available, much like Legend of Ares, another MMORPG created by Netgame, or RuneScape, created by Jagex, and many other MMORPG's.
Hero Oomkens von Esens Hero Oomkens von Esens (cir1455–1522) was a Frisian nobleman, Earl of Harlingerland, who inherited the title on the death of his father, Sibet Attena von Esens, in 1473. He is usually referred to as Hero Oomkens "the Younger" to distinguish him from his maternal grandfather, Hero Oomkens the Elder.
Hero Police Jieidetsuka is a science-fictional robot animation work consisting 48 stories made by Sunrise and broadcasted at 17:00 - 17:30 on every week Saturday from February 5, 1994 to January 28, 1995 with the Nagoya Television and Asahi National Broadcasting Co. system.
Hero sandwich A hero sandwich, also known as an Italian sub or Italian submarine sandwich, is said to have originated in New York in the late 19th century when Italian laborers wanted a convenient lunch that reminded them of home.
Hero System The Hero System (or HERO System) is a generic role-playing game system that developed from the superhero RPG Champions, and embodies the underlying mechanics of other Hero Games role-playing games such as Dark Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, and Pulp Hero. It is characterized by point-based character creation and the rigor with which it measures character abilities.
Hero System Resources The Hero System is the overarching name given to the generic rules underlying the Hero Games role-playing games such as Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, and Justice, Inc. It was one of the first systems to forego the use of polyhedral dice.
Hero Universe The "Hero Universe" is the "official" setting for the line of role-playing games published by Hero Games. All setting books published by the company (with, to date, the sole exception of Psychic Wars) are a part of this timeline.
Hero6 Hero6 is credited for being the first adventure game project ever to be developed freely by fans. Originally founded in 1999 under the pretense of being an unofficial sequel to Sierra Online's Quest for Glory series, Hero6 received much attention and skepticism from online communities.
HeroClix HeroClix is a collectible miniatures game produced by WizKids, Inc. Each player constructs a "force" of game pieces, each of which represents comic book characters including superheroes and supervillains.
Herodas Herodas (Greek: ), or Herondas (the name is spelt differently in the few places where he is mentioned), Greek poet, the author of short humorous dramatic scenes in verse, written under the Alexandrian empire in the 3rd century BC.
Herodes Atticus Herodes Atticus (), also known by his Roman name, Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes Marathonios (c. 101-177) was a Greek rhetorician, notable as a proponent of Philostratus' Second Sophistic, a pseudo-revival of classical Greek culture .
Herodicus Herodicus (Ήρóðιĸος) was a Thracian physician of the fifth century BC, and a native of Selymbria. The first use of therapeutic exercise for the treatment of disease and maintenance of health is credited to him, and he is believed to have been one of the tutors of Hippocrates.
Heroes (comics) Heroes was a six issue comic book miniseries produced in 1996 by Milestone Comics, an independently-owned imprint of DC Comics. It was written by Matt Wayne, penciled by ChrisCross, and inked by Prentis Rollins.
Heroes (Elena Paparizou song) "Heroes" is a single by the Greek-Swedish singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner, Helena Paparizou. The song was specially written to be the official theme song of the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, held in Paparizou's home town Gothenburg.
Heroes (song) "Heroes" is a song written by David Bowie together with Brian Eno in 1977. It was recorded that year in Berlin, produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, and released both as a single and as the title track of the album "Heroes".
Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" is the title of a song co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks. Originally intended as the centerpiece of the fabled SMiLE album (which was not completed until 2004) the song was recorded in a number of versions by The Beach Boys during 1966-67.
Heroes Day Parade Formerly known as the Russ Martin Show Listeners Foundation Police and Fire Parade, the Heroes Day Parade is an annual event in North Texas to celebrate the role of Police and Fire workers as well as the military in protecting our lives everyday.
Heroes For Sale Heroes For Sale is a blues based, funk rock band from England. Lead Guitarist Kevin Mckie had a brief spout of guitar lessons from Eric Clapton in the mid 1990’s before joining the band `Mean Bone`, he was fired from `Mean Bone` in 1999 for claiming he was telepathically link with John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (source totally interactive guitar bible).
Heroes of Might and Magic Heroes of Might and Magic (sometimes called simply Heroes or HoMM) is a series of turn-based computer games developed by New World Computing, a division of The 3DO Company. The games are fantasy-themed strategy conflicts in which characters called heroes have pivotal roles as leaders of armies of mythical creatures such as harpies, unicorns, vampires, and dragons.
Heroes of Might and Magic (computer game) Heroes of Might and Magic is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows-based personal computers. In 2000 it was ported to the Game Boy Color handheld game console by KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks and released by the 3DO Company.
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty The Price of Loyalty, sometimes called POL or HOMM 2: POL is the expansion pack for Heroes of Might and Magic II, the 2nd in the series of turn-based strategy games in the Heroes of Might and Magic series, which in turn were based on the Might and Magic roleplaying series. The Price of Loyalty was developed by Cyberlore Studios and published by New World Computing in 1997.
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars Heroes of Might and Magic II (often called simply Heroes II or HoMM2) is the second installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic strategy computer game series. It was developed by New World Computing and released in 1996 by The 3DO Company.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III. It was developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 1999.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (sometimes referred to as Heroes III, Heroes 3 or HoMM3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 1999. An Apple Macintosh port was released by 3DO, and a Linux port was released by Loki Software, both later that year.
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death is the second of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III. It was developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 2000.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. An Apple Macintosh port was subsequently developed by Contraband Entertainment and released by the 3DO Company.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It was developed by New World Computing and released by the 3DO Company in 2002.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War is the second of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It was developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 2003, and was the last installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series to be developed by New World Computing before the bankruptcy of the 3DO Company and the sale of the Might and Magic franchise to Ubisoft.
Heroes of Might and Magic V Heroes of Might and Magic V (sometimes referred to as Heroes V or HoMM5) is the fifth installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic computer game series. It was developed by Nival Interactive, under the guidance of franchise-owner Ubisoft.
Heroes of Shaolin Heroes of Shaolin is the Americanized title for the 1979 Chinese kung fu epic 'Daai miu si yue siu piu haak'. The two-part story was directed by William Chang and co-written by Chang and relatively unknown kung-fu film writer Chang Hsin Yee.
Heroes Reborn "Heroes Reborn" was an event in which Marvel Comics temporarily outsourced the production of several of its most famous comic books to the studios of its popular former employees Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. Launched in 1996, the "Heroes Reborn" line represented the aftermath of that year's Onslaught event.
Heroes Shed No Tears Heroes Shed No Tears (originally Ying Xiong Wei Lei) is a film made by John Woo in 1986, prior to his success of A Better Tomorrow. It is a story about a group of mercenaries on a mission to extract a drug lord from the Indochina area.
Heroes' Day Heroes' Day or National Heroes' Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries. It is often held on the birthday of a national hero or heroine, or the anniversary of their great deeds that made them heroes.
Heroes: The Sanguine Seven Heroes: The Sanguine Seven (Also known as "Heroes: The Sanguine Seven and Heroes: I) was a platform game that was released for the IBM PC, by Jeffrey Fullerton in July of 1993. The game bears similarities to many other platform games of the time such as Duke Nukem and Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, but still has unique differences.
Heroic art Heroic art, or Nazi heroic realism is a style of propaganda art associated with Nazi Germany. Based on Romantic realism, "Heroic Art" was meant to exemplify the German race in order to project a moral statement in a simpler, and more conventional style.
Heroic Age The Heroic Age was the period of Greek mythological history that lay between the purely divine events of the Theogony and Titanomachy and the advent of historical time after the Trojan War. It was demarcated as one of the five Ages of Man by Hesiod.
Heroic Age (literary theory) In 20th century studies of oral poetry and traditional literature, the Heroic Age was postulated as a stage in the development of human societies likely to give rise to legends about heroic deeds. According to some theorists, oral epic poetry would be created at the same period, and would be transmitted, by singers who displayed less creativity, through later periods.
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (1895-1922) is the period of time at the beginning of the 20th century when brave men set out to face the frozen Antarctic wilderness in search of fame and glory for their acheivements and discoveries. Many died on their expeditions, while others returned triumphant to become well known lecturers and authors.
Heroic bloodshed Heroic Bloodshed, or Hong Kong Blood Opera (HKBO), refers to a genre of action film originating from Hong Kong revolving around stylised action sequences and common themes such as brotherhood, honour, and violence. Other prevalent themes are the redemption or salvation of the protagonist.
Heroic couplet A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used for epic and narrative poetry; it refers to poems constructed from a sequence rhyming pairs of iambic pentameter lines. The rhyme is always masculine.
Heroic drama Heroic drama is a type of play popular during the 1670s in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject-matter. The term was invented by John Dryden for his play, The Conquest of Granada (1670).
Heroic fantasy Heroic fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy literature which chronicles the tales of heroes and their conquests in imaginary lands. Stories tend to be intricate in plot, often involving many peoples, nations and lands.
Heroic realism Heroic realism is an artistic style which includes both the Socialist realism style of propaganda art associated with Communist regimes, and Nazi heroic realism, the very similar art style associated with Fascism.
Heroic virtue Heroic virtue is a phrase coined by Augustine of Hippo to describe the virtue of early Christian martyrs. The Greek pagan term hero described a person with possibly superhuman abilities and great goodness, and "it connotes a degree of bravery, fame, and distinction which places a man high above his fellows" (Catholic Encyclopedia of 1917).

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