Herostratos

English Etymology From en grc Ἡρόστρατος. Proper noun en Herostratus. en Francis Sullivan Other Things We Forgot The Will of the People Los Angeles, Calif. The Ray Publishing Co. 1919 56 https://archive.org/details/willofpeople00sullrich/page/56/mode/1up Let us suppose that, struck like Herostratos with the idea of perpetuating his name by some strange extravagance, he should decide to distribute his treasure equally amongst his countrymen. en w:Halvdan Koht Quisling and other Traitors The War in Norway Norway: Neutral and Invaded London; Melbourne, Vic. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1941 97 https://archive.org/details/norwayneutralinv0000koht/page/97/mode/1up Of course the arch-traitor was Major Quisling, who has, like Herostratos, made sure that his name will go down to posterity, since it has become the generic term for a traitor. en Albert Borowitz Introduction Terrorism for Self-Glorification: The Herostratos Syndrome Kent, Oh.; London The Kent State University Press 2005 xv https://archive.org/details/terrorismforself0000boro/page/n18/mode/1up 0-87338-818-6 The elusive Osama does not seem bent on surrendering his life for the cause, but even suicide bombers may be moved, like Herostratos, by a wish to enhance and perpetuate their own sense of importance.