Hero and Leander

<p>Hero and Leander is a classic narrative poem that recounts the tragic love story of Hero a priestess of Aphrodite and Leander a young man from Abydos. Separated by the Hellespont Leander swims across the treacherous waters each night to be with his beloved Hero who guides him with a torch from her tower. Their secret and passionate love is ultimately doomed when a storm extinguishes Hero's guiding light causing Leander to drown. Upon discovering his lifeless body Hero in despair throws herself from the tower to join him in death.</p><p>This enduring tale of love and loss rich in classical mythology and vivid imagery explores themes of passion fate and the destructive power of nature. Hero and Leander remains a poignant and timeless exploration of the human heart.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>