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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 > Leander swims across the Hellespont at night, usually guided by a torch reared upon a tower by Hero

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95B(HERO & LEANDER)21Leander swims across the Hellespont at night, usually guided by a torch reared upon a tower by Hero  

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  • ancient history
  • classical antiquity
  • Greek legend
  • guiding
  • Hellespont
  • Hero
  • heroic legend
  • heroine
  • history
  • Leander
  • legend
  • mythology
  • night
  • swimming
  • torch
  • tower

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  • 95B(HERO & LEANDER)21

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