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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (II) > the Greek heroic legends (II): heroines > the Greek heroic legends (II): heroines (with NAME) > (story of) Hero and Leander > love-affair of Hero and Leander > the drowned Leander is borne away, usually by Nereids, towards Hero; the latter possibly jumps to her death into the sea

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95B(HERO & LEANDER)22the drowned Leander is borne away, usually by Nereids, towards Hero; the latter possibly jumps to her death into the sea  

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  • ancient history
  • carrying
  • classical antiquity
  • corpse
  • drowning
  • Greek legend
  • Hero
  • heroic legend
  • heroine
  • history
  • jumping
  • Leander
  • legend
  • mythology
  • Nereids
  • sea
  • suicide

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  • 95B(HERO & LEANDER)22

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