Leander

(lē an′dər)

noun

Gr. Legend the lover of Hero

Origin: L < Gr Leiandros < ? leōn, lion + anēr (gen. andros), a man: see andro-

See Leander in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Greek Mythology

A youth who loved Hero and drowned during one of his nightly swims across the Hellespont to be with her.

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