Hero and Leander
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hero-and-leander-229-3001230
title:
Hero and Leander
text:
Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Hellespont, and Leander, a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander falls in love with Hero and swims every night across the Hellespont to spend time with her. Hero lights a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. Leander's soft words and charms—and his argument that Aphrodite, as the goddess of love and sex, would scor
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description:
Greek myth about tragic lovers
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_and_Leander
date created:
2002-07-23T13:45:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:53:17Z
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