leander

• Nome próprio da mitologia grega referente ao jovem amado por Hero, que morreu afogado ao atravessar o Helesponto para encontrá-la.

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.

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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.

   Leandro

   • 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.