herostratic fame

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhɪəɹəʊˌstɹætɪk ˈfeɪm/
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• General-American: /ˌhɪɹoʊˌstɹætɪk ˈfeɪm/
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• rhymes with -eɪm
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Herostratic is derived from Herostratus (learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns)). Herostratus (died c. 356 B.C.E.) was a Greek arsonist who sought fame by destroying the second Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (now in Izmir Province, Turkey), according to tradition by setting fire to it on 21 July 356 B.C.E., the birth date of Alexander the Great.

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: Herostratuksen maine — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• Georgian: ჰეროსტრატეს დიდება (herosṭraṭes dideba) — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• German: herostratischer Ruhm — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• Macedonian: херостратска слава (herostratska slava) — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• Russian: геростра́това сла́ва (gerostrátova sláva) — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• Russian: ла́вры Геростра́та (lávry Gerostráta) — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed
• Swedish: herostratisk ryktbarhet — fame (or infamy) won through crime, destruction, or some other misdeed