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Leander   /liˈændər/   Listen
Leander

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her.





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"Leander" Quotes from Famous Books



... limbs was wont; And having learnt to swim in that sweet river, Had often turn'd the art to some account: A better swimmer you could scarce see ever, He could, perhaps, have pass'd the Hellespont, As once (a feat on which ourselves we prided) Leander, ...
— Don Juan • Lord Byron


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