Hero and Leander
by Marlowe, Christopher
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Title:
Hero and Leander
Note:
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_and_Leander_(poem)
Credits:
Daniel Callahan
Summary:
"Hero and Leander" by Christopher Marlowe is a poem written in the late 16th century that retells the Greek myth of two young lovers separated by the Hellespont. Hero, a chaste priestess of Venus in Sestos, meets Leander from Abydos at a festival. He falls desperately in love and convinces her to abandon her vow of...