Old Testament captain of Pharaohs guard who bought Joseph as a slave.

Leander greek mythology. Hero virgin priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos was seen at a festival by Leander of Abydos. Hero and Leander two lovers celebrated in Greek legend. One stormy night the light was extinguished.

Hero and Leander Label from public data source Wikidata. They fell in love and he swam the Hellespont at night to visit her guided by a light from her tower. Every night Leander swam the Hellespont to be with his sweetheart Hero.

2003-2012 Princeton University Farlex Inc. Leander - Greek mythology a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her. Forest of setting of William Shakespeare play As You Like It.

Once inside she trod lightly over the pavement that shone like crystal and was known as Aphrodites glass. They fell in love and he swam the Hellespont at night to visit her guided by a light from her tower. Leander a young man from Abydus swam every night guided by the lamp which his mistress lit at the top of the tower a distance of more than 1300 meters across the Hellespont from Abydus to Sestus in order to spend the night with his beloved Hero.

A city in Williamson County Texas. It was also the name of several other characters in Greek mythology. Leander swims the Hellespont Somehow Leander fell in love with Hero and every night he swam across the Hellespont to be with his girlfriend.

Hero seeing his body drowned herself likewise. 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 TemplateLang-el Léandros a young man from Abydos on the other side of the strait. Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks.