Leander

Leander in Wikipedia

Leander, from the Hero and Leander myth, is a character from Greek myth - Wikipedia...

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Hero and Leander in Wikipedia

Hero and Leander is a Greek myth, relating the story of Hērō (Greek: Ἡρώ, pron. hay-RAW (ancient) and like "hero" in English), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, and Leander (Greek: Λέανδρος, Léandros), a young man from Abydos on the other side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero a...

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Leander in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(*Lei/andros), the famous youth of Abydos, who, from love of Hero, the priestess of Aphrodite, in Sestus, swam every night across the Hellespont, being guided by the light of the lighthouse of Sestus. Once during a very stormy night the light was extinguished, and he perished in the waves. On the next morning his corpse was washed on the coast...

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