Herostratic fame

Herostratic fame (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of herostratic fame.
   • 1905, Karl Mantzius, translated by Louise von Cossel, “Return to Paris—Molière acts before Louis XIV.—[…]”, in A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times […], volumes IV (Molière and his Times; The Theatre in France in the 17th Century), London: Duckworth & Co. […], footnote 5, page 71:

     One of the staff of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, an unimportant author who acquired Herostratic fame by his attacks on Corneille, and by his bad heroic poem, La Pucelle.

   • 1993 November 1, Carl H.D. Henriksen Sr., “In the Desert (1990–1994)”, in A Diary of Pain: Journeying Without a Compass, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 3 January 2006, →ISBN, part IV (Returning to Florida (1981–2004)), page 462:

     The lack of self confidence have^[sic] made me pursue Herostratic fame; always make myself look good in comparison to others, thus negating the value of others.

   • 2005, Albert Borowitz, “The Literature of Herostratos Since the Early Nineteenth Century”, in Terrorism for Self-Glorification: The Herostratos Syndrome, Kent, Oh.; London: The Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 132:

     Jerzy Limon, novelist and professor of English drama at the University of Gdansk (Danzig), has spun an ironic tale of short-lived Herostratic fame in Poland after World War II.