leander

• Nom propre issu de la mythologie grecque, désignant un jeune homme, amant de Héro, qui se noya tragiquement en traversant l'Hellespont pour la rejoindre.

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to a youth who was the lover of Hero and who tragically drowned while swimming the Hellespont to visit her.

indénombrable · nom propre

1. Mythological figureC1formal

   In Greek mythology, a young man from Abydos who swam across the Hellespont each night to visit his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, until he drowned during a storm.

   Léandre (mythologie)

   • The story of Leander and Hero is a classic tale of tragic love.
   • Leander's nightly swims across the Hellespont were legendary.
   • Poets have often written about the devotion of Leander to Hero.